Scalp cooling by Cool Cap can help to avoid alopecia of adverse event by standard chemotherapy for breast cancer
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The effect of scalp cooling system by penguin cold cap therapy system in preventing chemotherapy induced alopecia in cancer patients, Shiraz-2004
Introduction: Alopecia has been established as the most bothersome aspect of preoperative chemotherapy. Some patients even refrain from cytotoxic treatment. This is an experimental study evaluating the efficiency of scalp cooling system preventing chemotherapy induced alopecia in cancer patients in an oncology clinic in Shiraz, Iran. Methods: A total number of 63 (male / female, 23/40) p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy375.002