When Amanda Butler was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32, the prospect of chemotherapy was daunting. “That was the last thing I wanted to do. I was like I don’t want to lose my hair,” Butler ...

WASHINGTON -- Hair loss is one of the most despised side effects of chemotherapy, and now breast cancer patients are getting a new way to try to save their locks. The Food and Drug Administration said ...

To help prevent hair loss for eligible breast-cancer patients in chemotherapy, Mount Sinai South Nassau Breast Health Services is now offering cold-cap therapy. Cold-cap therapy was cleared by the U.S ...

BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — New studies have found that cooling caps can help cancer patients keep their hair through chemotherapy treatment, however, this type of treatment comes with risks that Idaho ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment that partially alleviates one of the most striking effects of chemotherapy: hair loss. The treatment is called the Dignitana DigniCap ...

“Whenever I first talk about giving chemotherapy to a patient, the very first question they ask is, ‘I know this sounds silly, but am I going to lose my hair?’” Dr. Susan Kim of Southcoast Health, a ...

Jen Tassi felt like a bobblehead as her oncologist explained her breast cancer diagnosis, the various drugs that would make up her chemotherapy treatments and how and when they’d be delivered. The ...

A new process called cold cap therapy is helping more cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy. “We have a lot of medication that can help alleviate most of the side effects [of chemo],” ...

WASHINGTON — The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her thick hair fell out two weeks after starting chemotherapy. The second time breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a deep chill and ...

Earlier this week, Kate Middleton carried out her first engagement of 2025 at a location with special significance for her: She visited the hospital where she received chemotherapy treatment last year ...

Losing hair is one of the most noticeable and upsetting side effect for cancer patients going through chemotherapy. But a new process, called cold cap therapy, is helping more of these patients keep ...