Each woman exposed to DES in utero should carefully consider and discuss the complexity of this issue with her health care provider. Although studies have not shown that the use of birth control ...

A study of daughters of women given diethylstilbestrol, synthetic estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb is associated with many reproductive problems and ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Figure 2: Wnt7a expression is downregulated in DES-exposed mice at the time of birth.

Again, a modest association between DES exposure and elevated breast cancer risk (RR 1.27; 95% CI 1.07-1.52) was found. The modest increased risk of breast cancer in women who were given DES in ...