Clear cell adenocarcinoma

Clear cell adenocarcinoma. This cancer occurs in young women whose mothers took the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy between the late 1940s and 1971. It is estimated that one woman in 1,000 exposed to DES will develop vaginal cancer.

Clear cell adenocarcinoma
A special type of adenocarcinoma that occurs in women who were exposed to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while in the womb. (Many pregnant women from 1945 to 1970 were given DES to prevent miscarriage.)
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clear cell adenocarcinoma A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the inside of the cells look clear when viewed under a microscope. Also called clear cell carcinoma and mesonephroma.

Clear cell adenocarcinomas are rare and occur most often in patients less than 30 years of age who have a history of in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES).

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CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA, also known as clear cell adenocarcinoma, is a very rare malignant epithelial neoplasm composed of a monomorphous population of cells that have optically clear cytoplasm with standard hematoxylin and eosin stains and lack ...

Women whose mothers took the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) when pregnant with them may be more at risk for getting clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina.
Vaginal adenosis. This is a change in cells lining the vagina.

A special type of this cancer called clear cell adenocarcinoma occurs in women who were exposed to a drug called diethylstilbestrol (DES)'now banned'while in their mothers womb.

A subtype, called clear cell adenocarcinoma, is the most common. Daughters of mothers who took the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant have a higher risk of developing this rare form of cancer.

A rare form of cancer called clear cell adenocarcinoma results from the use of the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol) given to pregnant women between 1945 and 1970 to keep them from miscarrying.
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SCC Â- Botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma Â- Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina Â- Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
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Adenocarcinoma accounts for around 1 in 10 cases of vaginal cancer. A very rare type of adenocarcinoma, called clear cell adenocarcinoma, can sometimes affect teenagers and women in their twenties.

A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the inside of the cells look clear when viewed under a microscope. Also called clear cell adenocarcinoma and mesonephroma.
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Adenocarcinoma is more often found in women between the ages of 12 and 30, and accounts for 5-10 % of all vaginal cancers.
A rare form of cancer called clear cell adenocarcinoma results from the use of the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol) given to ...

The female children of women who took DES during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing a type of adenocarcinoma of the vagina called clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA), although it is very rare.

mesonephroma
A rare type of tumor, usually of the female genital tract, in which the inside of the cells looks clear when viewed under a microscope. Also called clear cell carcinoma and clear cell adenocarcinoma.

prevent miscarriage (premature birth of a fetus that cannot survive). Women who were exposed to DES before birth have an increased risk of developing vaginal cancer. Some of these women develop a rare form of cancer called clear cell adenocarcinoma.

Also called clear cell adenocarcinoma and clear cell carcinoma.
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mesothelin (MEH-zoh-THEE-lin) A protein found on the surface of certain types of normal cells and cancer cells.

See also: Carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma, Cancer, Surgery, Sarcoma