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 ...

A relatively new cold therapy treatment is helping people protect their hair from chemotherapy drugs. One woman said her insurance would not cover it.

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“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 ...

In December, I joined the 1 in 8 women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer. Found on a routine mammogram, my tumor was small, and by all measures I had the best prognosis possible. The ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S. About 240,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the U.S. alone according ...

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],” ...

Hair length, color and style can define personal expression just as much as clothes and accessories characterize an individual’s look. For people facing breast cancer or other forms of cancer, ...

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 ...

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 ...