Efficacy of Scalp Cooling in Preventing and Recovering From Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia in Breast Cancer Patients: The HOPE Study

Efficacy of Scalp Cooling in Preventing and Recovering From Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia in Breast Cancer Patients: The HOPE Study

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of scalp-cooling devices in preventing chemotherapy-induced alopecia in Japanese breast cancer patients and investigate whether a scalp-cooling device improves hair volume recovery over a 12 weeks period after completing chemotherapy.Methods: This mul...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Kinoshita, Takahiro Nakayama, Eisuke Fukuma, Masafumi Inokuchi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Etsuyo Ogo, Mari Kikuchi, Hiromitsu Jinno, Naoya Yamazaki, Masakazu Toi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
scalp cooling
chemotherapy-induced alopecia
breast cancer
hair loss
hair volume recovery
anthracycline
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00733/full

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