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The prevention of hair loss from chemotherapy by the use of cold‐air scalp‐cooling

The prevention of hair loss from chemotherapy by the use of cold‐air scalp‐cooling The use of a cold‐air scalp‐cooling system to prevent alopecia following administration of anthracycline chemotherapy is described. The unit used is mounted on a four‐wheeled trolley and is highly mobile. Twenty‐four patients with advanced breast cancer received epirubicin chemotherapy, 14 at a dose of 50 mg/m2, and 10 at a dose of 100 mg/m2. All 10 patients receiving 100 mg/m2 developed total alopecia; by contrast, only two out of 14 receiving 50 mg/m2 had alopecia, while the remaining 12 retained their hair. Patients not receiving scalp‐cooling inevitably developed total alopecia after three pulses of epirubicin. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

The prevention of hair loss from chemotherapy by the use of cold‐air scalp‐cooling

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0961-5423
eISSN
1365-2354
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00140.x
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Abstract

The use of a cold‐air scalp‐cooling system to prevent alopecia following administration of anthracycline chemotherapy is described. The unit used is mounted on a four‐wheeled trolley and is highly mobile. Twenty‐four patients with advanced breast cancer received epirubicin chemotherapy, 14 at a dose of 50 mg/m2, and 10 at a dose of 100 mg/m2. All 10 patients receiving 100 mg/m2 developed total alopecia; by contrast, only two out of 14 receiving 50 mg/m2 had alopecia, while the remaining 12 retained their hair. Patients not receiving scalp‐cooling inevitably developed total alopecia after three pulses of epirubicin.

Journal

European Journal of Cancer CareWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1992

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