Synthetic progestogen

A class of synthetic hormones with progestogenic action added to oestrogen in menopausal hormone therapy to protect the endometrium in women who still have a uterus. The article notes that the increase in breast cancer seen in the WHI study is associated mainly with the added synthetic progestogen rather than with the oestrogen itself.

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