Hormone replacement therapy

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Your adult female patient has been prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for over 10 years and you discuss with your patient the Women's Health Initiative results. What is a risk and benefit from taking HRT? Postmenopausal hormones do not actually prevent fracture of the hip.

- Women on HRT are at a higher risk of colorectal cancer.

- Estrogen alone is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer than a combination of estrogen plus.

- Estrogen plus progestin increased the risk of a cardiac event in apparently healthy women after 10 years of use.

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