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You Can't Change: Women Who Took the Drug Diethylstilbestrol (DES)

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was given to some pregnant women in the US between 1940 and 1971 to prevent miscarriages, but it increases your risk for breast cancer. The same is true for women whose mothers took DES while pregnant with them.

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