Considering hormone replacement therapy

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Your postmenopausal patient is considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to help with menopausal symptoms. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 60 years old. Which statement is true when considering HRT in this postmenopausal woman? Concomitant administration of progesterone and estrogen may markedly decrease her incidence of breast cancer, compared to the use of estrogen alone. The incidence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women using concomitant administration of progesterone and estrogen compared to estrogen alone are equal. Concomitant administration of progesterone and estrogen may markedly increase her incidence of breast cancer, compared to the use of estrogen alone. There is no risk of concomitant administration of progesterone and estrogen in postmenopausal women.

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