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Megestrol
Why It Is Used
Megestrol can be used to treat Reference metastatic or recurrent breast cancer Opens New Window after tamoxifen treatment. It can also be used when tamoxifen is not effective.
Megestrol is used mainly to treat breast cancer. It is also sometimes used to treat Reference endometrial cancer Opens New Window and Reference prostate cancer Opens New Window.
Megestrol can be used as an appetite stimulant for people experiencing loss of appetite and weight loss because of advanced cancer.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 11, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Douglas A. Stewart, MD - Medical Oncology |
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