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Response 2 Enoma, I enjoyed reading your post on menopause and your treatment regimen. One of the roles of naturally occurring estrogen is to promote normal growth of cells in the breast and uterus. However, some cancers also use estrogen to promote their growth. In the scenario, the patient had a family history of breast cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute (2018), it is believed that Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT) may promote further tumor growth in women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer. Furthermore, studies of MHT use in breast cancer survivors have produced conflicting results, with some studies showing an increased risk of breast cancer recurrence and others showing no increased risk of recurrence (National Cancer Institute, 2018). One of the treatments that you mentioned for menopause was clonidine. Clonidine is a centrally-acting alpha adrenergic agonist which stimulates particular brain receptors and has been used for many years