Menopause and breast cancer are in the same boat. I shall refrain from answering but will continue to put the question to doctors and biologists, epidemiologists and those they study. Only a new portrayal of health can qualify menopause as a disease and thus prescribe a replacement for an established hormonal 'deficit'.
Old age is like a sinking ship but one that sinks very slowly.
The question bears not only upon the turning-point that is menopause in a woman's life. Doesn't one also talk about using pharmaceuticals to prevent or treat the stealthy 'andropause' that awaits men and enhances their risk of osteoporosis also. It is not only our endogenous production of sex hormones that wanes with age. Our melatonin runs short. Henceforth, homeostasis must surrender to the balance of powerful economic forces.