Scalp cooling to prevent chemotherapy-induced alopecia()()

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia causes an important impact on cancer patients and its risk of persistence is currently a considerable issue in cancer survivors. Of the various interventions proposed for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced alopecia, scalp cooling has emerged as an effective and safe...

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Autores principales: Silva, Giselle de Barros, Ciccolini, Kathryn, Donati, Aline, Hurk, Corina van den
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2020
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7563013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32622629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.03.005
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Sumario:Chemotherapy-induced alopecia causes an important impact on cancer patients and its risk of persistence is currently a considerable issue in cancer survivors. Of the various interventions proposed for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced alopecia, scalp cooling has emerged as an effective and safe strategy. This paper aims to provide an overview on scalp cooling and chemotherapy-induced alopecia prevention.

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