Diethylstilbestrol/Definition
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen, was believed to prevent miscarriages in women until a 1953 randomized controlled trial proved it did not; a 1971 study established that it increased in utero cancer risks for fetuses whose mothers had taken it