May 4—PORTSMOUTH — Any cancer diagnosis can be devastating. Even the treatment can be hard. For many, one of the most emotional and difficult parts of receiving chemotherapy is the loss of hair.

“Chemotherapy works by targeting fast-growing cancer cells, but unfortunately also impacts other fast-growing cells such as the cells in hair follicles,” says Anne Peled, MD, a breast cancer surgeon ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2017 -- Scalp cooling caps can help breast cancer patients save their hair from the ravages of chemotherapy, a pair of new studies suggests. More than half of women fitted with ...

Scalp cooling is done by applying cold temperatures to your scalp during chemotherapy treatment for cancer. It’s sometimes called scalp hypothermia. Scalp cooling is intended to help prevent hair loss ...

HairToStay focuses on getting patients with cancer access to cooling caps so that they reduce their chance of losing their hair. Kristin Haynes remembers her first thought after her breast cancer ...

Scalp cooling is a treatment that can help minimize hair loss for people undergoing chemotherapy. Several companies manufacture cold caps, which a person can wear before, during, and after ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --A new device may allow some cancer patients to keep their hair during chemotherapy treatment. The device, called a cooling cap, fits over a patient's head and protects their hair ...

Jill Allington was a 35-year-old mother of an almost 2-year-old son when she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. Nursing her son one night, she had an itch on her chest wall. When she ...

A study of 122 women with Stage I and Stage II breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy particularly associated with hair loss. The study showed that over 66% of patients using DigniCap reported losing ...