Diane has had difficult pregnancies and has also developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Diane's mother may have been prescribed __________, before Diane was born, to prevent miscarriage.
A) Thalidomide
B) AZT
C) Amphetamines
D) DES (diethylstilbestrol)

Diethylstilbestrol was given to pregnant women to prevent complications during pregnancy. These could include having a miscarriage or giving birth too early. There were possibilities that the daughters of the women who used DES to prevent miscarriage were more likely to get a certain kind of cancer of the vagina and cervix. Diethylstilbestrol, or DES, is a synthetic form of estrogen. Estrogen is a female hormone. DES was given to millions of pregnant women between 1938 and 1971.

Diane has had difficult pregnancies and has also developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Diane's mother may have been prescribed __________, before Diane was born, to prevent miscarriage. A) Thalidomide B) AZT C) Amphetamines D) DES (diethylstilbestrol)

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Diane has had difficult pregnancies and has also developed a rare form of cervical cancer. Diane's mother may have been prescribed __________, before Diane was born, to prevent miscarriage.
A) Thalidomide
B) AZT
C) Amphetamines
D) DES (diethylstilbestrol)