Impact of scalp cooling on chemotherapy-induced alopecia, wig use and hair growth of patients with cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 536-540

  Van den Hurk, C J G ^a,b   Van den Akker van Marle, M E ^b   Breed, W P M ^a   Van de Poll Franse, L V ^a,c   Nortier, J W R ^c   Coebergh, J W W ^a  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy induced alopecia; Hair growth; Hair loss; Scalp cooling; Wig

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED ALOPECIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCALP; SCALP COOLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIG;

CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED ALOPECIA; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; SCALP COOLING; WIG;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCALP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883760795     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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