Breast Cancer Breakthrough: Hair Preserver

Research from the Netherlands is helping breast cancer patients keep a cool head.

By Renee Martin-Kratzer

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One of the most dreaded side effects of chemotherapy may be kept to a minimum if patients keep a cool head. Researchers in the Netherlands found that scalp cooling-patients wear an electronically chilled cap-reduces the chances that hair will fall out. The technology is used in Europe, but more studies are necessary before the FDA will approve it for use here.

Available: 5 years (in the U.S.).

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Breast Cancer Breakthrough: Hair Preserver

Research from the Netherlands is helping breast cancer patients keep a cool head.

From Reader's Digest - October 2008

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