This section provides information about the health risks and concerns associated with DES exposure, as well as tips for counseling your DES-exposed patients.
Contents
- Patients Prescribed DES While Pregnant are at a modestly increased risk for breast cancer.
- Patients Who Are DES Daughters are at increased risk for
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina and cervix
- Reproductive tract structural differences
- Pregnancy complications
- Infertility
- Patients Who Are DES Sons are at an increased risk for epididymal cysts.
- Patients Who Are Offspring of DES Daughters and Sons have no confirmed health risks. Research continues on the health risks for the grandchildren of women exposed to DES while pregnant.
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