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    Glossary Megestrol Acetate

    synthetic progestin used to treat appetite loss and weight loss

    Megestrol Acetate, also known as Megace, is a synthetic progestin used primarily to treat loss of appetite and severe weight loss in patients with cancer or AIDS. It can also be used in the treatment of certain hormone-responsive cancers, such as breast and endometrial cancer, by interfering with hormone activity.

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    1. Megestrol Acetate Increases the Proliferation, Migration, and Adipogenic Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells via Glucocorticoid Receptor Stem Cells Translational Medicine · 2015 · 11 citations
    2. Side effects of androgen deprivation therapy: monitoring and minimizing toxicity Urology · 2003 · 228 citations
    3. Problems in evaluating chronic toxicity of contraceptive steroids in dogs Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health · 1977 · 25 citations
    4. Feline Dermatology Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice · 1984 · 15 citations
    5. P‐41 Psychogenic alopecia by fur‐plucking in a family of seal‐point Siamese cats: three cases Veterinary Dermatology · 2004 · 1 citations
    6. Miscellaneous Exogenous Hormones and Breast Diseases: A Matter of Concern for the Gynecologist Archives of breast cancer · 2019 · 1 citations
    7. Use of cyproterone acetate (CPA) in the treatment of acne, hirsutism and virilism Journal of Steroid Biochemistry · 1975 · 232 citations
    8. 11 Treatment of hirsutism and acne with cyproterone acetate Clinics in Endocrinology and Metabolism · 1986 · 43 citations
    9. Cyproterone Acetate: A Genotoxic Carcinogen? Pharmacology & Toxicology · 2001 · 1 citations
    10. Clinical applications of antiandrogens Journal of Steroid Biochemistry · 1988 · 29 citations
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