Cancer Victims’ Baldness May Be Avoided Using Chilled Caps, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Study

Bloomberg -- Melissa Lisbon steeled herself for the nausea and bone pain tied to chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The possible loss of her shoulder- length blonde hair, though, made her anxious. While the side effects of therapy can be shouldered privately, hair loss would be a blow to her ego and a visible signal that she is a cancer victim, the San Jose, California, woman said.

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