25-YEAR FOLLOW-UP-STUDY OF WOMEN EXPOSED TO DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DURING PREGNANCY
25-YEAR FOLLOW-UP-STUDY OF WOMEN EXPOSED TO DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DURING PREGNANCY
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm197804062981403
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
HERBST, AL
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作者:
BIBBO, M;HAENSZEL, WM;HERBST, AL
To assess the long-term effects of diethylstilbestrol a health survey was done of 693 mothers who took the drug during pregnancy and a comparable group of 668 who did not. These women participated in a study during 1951-1952 to evaluate the drug. There were 32 (4.6%) breast cancers among the 693 exposed and 21 (3.1%) among the 668 unexposed, but the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.16). No statistically significant differences occurred between the groups in any of the other categories of disease. The occurrence of breast cancer in both groups was compared to the Connecticut [USA] State Tumor Registry for 1963-1965. Compared to the registry data, a significantly (P < 0.01) higher incidence of breast cancer occurred in exposed and unexposed groups at ages over 50. The reason for this increase is not known, but effects linked to the selection of mothers participating in the original clinical study cannot be excluded.