Scalp cooling to prevent chemotherapy-induced hair loss: Practical and clinical considerations

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-189

  Mols, Floortje ^a,b   Van Den Hurk, Corina J ^b,c   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a   Breed, Wim P M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Body image; Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Hair loss; Scalp cooling; Wig

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALP COOLING THERAPY;

ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALP;

EID: 58149093895     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0475-4     Document Type: Article

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