Hair loss is one of the most common and emotionally challenging side effects of chemotherapy, affecting self-esteem, identity, and social confidence. Known as chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA), it ...

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia, or CIA, is one of the most common and distressing side effects of cancer treatment, affecting some 65% of patients. Scalp cooling is a treatment helping with hair loss. ...

Chemotherapy is one of the most widely used treatments against cancer, but it often brings challenging side effects—hair loss being among the most visible and distressing. According to the 2019 ...

Scalp cooling helped Maureen Green prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, despite its initial financial burden due to lack of insurance coverage. New York legislation now requires insurance coverage ...

Cancer fighters know that losing their hair is often part of the battle, but Michigan State University researchers have developed a shampoo-like gel that has been tested in animal models and could ...

"We're making essentially your immune system do a better job at recognition of the tumor and elimination of the tumor," one ...

Significant racial disparities in PCIA incidence and distress were observed, with Asian women most affected. Hair characteristics vary by race, influencing follicular vulnerability and regrowth ...

Needless fear of hair loss and brittle, discolored nails caused by cancer treatment might lead many patients to avoid or delay life-saving treatment, a new pilot study says. Many people misunderstand ...

Hair loss is a common side effect for people undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. Unfortunately, chemotherapy creates a paradoxical effect of attacking rapidly multiplying unhealthy cancer cells along ...

Two East Bay women are bringing comfort and confidence to women who've lost hair due to cancer treatment and alopecia. Morgan Moore and her sister-in-law, Lee Hoff, put their heads together to make a ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a gel that could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy treatment. Bryan Smith, an associate professor at Michigan State's College of Engineering ...