MIAMI. (Ivanhoe Newswire) (KFSN) -- Breast cancer treatment can be uncomfortable, but a newly approved product may allow some patients to avoid one unpleasant side effect to chemo treatment. A new ...
DIGNICAP is being offered at Avera McKennan for chemotherapy patients wanting to prevent hair loss during treatment. The cap is helping women handle the external changes of cancer. A new cap is a big ...
“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 ...
When Donna Tookes learned she had breast cancer last winter, the 59-year-old thought she had no choice but to accept one of the most dreaded side-effects of chemotherapy: losing her mane of silver ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Losing your hair can be one of the most devastating consequences of cancer. Cold cap therapy may help and now a newer version is being tested in New York City. Carolyn Dempsey ...
The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her thick locks fell out two weeks after starting chemotherapy. The second time breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a deep chill and kept much ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Some children and hospital employees thought they were doing something to help cancer patients by collecting plastic bottle caps, but experts say it's all a hoax. Some employees ...
"It was just like talking to a friend about a really horrible time in life and how you find ways of getting through it," Katherine Field tells PEOPLE of the Princess of Wales Janine Henni is a Royals ...
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 ...