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Megestrol
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Megestrol may be helpful for women with metastatic cancer who were already treated with another hormone therapy. But other medicines may work better than megestrol.
Megestrol may help relieve bone pain, and it can improve appetite and weight gain.Reference 1
| 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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