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Cold cap therapy, free to Bon Secours patients, helps minimize chemo-induced hair loss
Content by Bon Secours. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bon Secours is offering cold cap therapy at no cost to help ...
Cold capping helps Fall River chemo patients keep their hair: ‘It's a dream come true’
Patients battling cancer at Southcoast Health can take advantage of cold capping technology to reduce hair loss. It's helping ...
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State-of-the-art cooling cap helps Erie woman save her hair during chemotherapy
There was an alternative, however. Women in one of Hillen's online cancer support groups had mentioned scalp cooling, where ...
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Cold capping helps Fall River chemo patients keep their hair: ‘It's a dream come true’
Patients get fitted for a cap, arrive for their chemotherapy infusion appointment with a cold capping kit, and for the entirety of their treatment — and for a period of time before and after ...
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A look at cold cap therapy at Bon Secours for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
(WRIC) ­– October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Bon Secours’ Health Matters segment focuses on cold cap therapy ... loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast ...
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Can this prevent chemo-induced hair loss?
Hair loss from chemotherapy is common and can take a toll on your self-esteem. That’s why cold capping was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015. The technique involves wearing a ...
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Chemotherapy can be a challenging treatment—here's how to deal with some of the side-effects
Because chemotherapy drugs affect more quickly-dividing cells, hair loss can be common—but cold caps can help. Usually worn for around 15 minutes before each chemotherapy treatment, a cold cap ...
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Chemotherapy can be a challenging treatment – here’s how to deal with some of the side-effects
Because chemotherapy drugs affect more quickly dividing cells, hair loss can be common – but cold caps can help. Usually worn for around 15 minutes before each chemotherapy treatment ...
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CNN Host Sara Sidner, 52, Wraps Up 25 Rounds of Radiation for Breast Cancer & Tells Breast Cancer Patients “Don’t Be Scared’
However, by her fourth round of chemotherapy, the side effects started to take their toll. She had already started cryotherapy, which involves wearing cold caps or special cooling caps before, during, ...