Fox News : reported that Cooling caps help women keep hair during breast cancer chemo

Also, she cautioned, there will always be some hair loss even with the cooling caps. About 16 percent of women receiving that type of chemotherapy while using cooling caps kept at least half of their hair. Unlike Rugo's study, Nangia's team included women who received anthracycline-based chemotherapy, in which hair loss is less likely to be inhibited by cooling caps. Cooling caps are relatively new to the United States but are established in other countries, according to one of the new studies published in JAMA. The study's results also suggest women using the cooling caps had better quality of life.

These cooling caps help limit hair loss in breast cancer patients

Scalp cooling may help breast cancer patients keep some of their hair following chemotherapy, according to two new studies. DigniCap, one of the two cooling caps, reported 67 out of 106 women lost less than half their hair after four rounds of chemotherapy. Unfortunately the cooling caps aren't widely available yet, and they don't come cheap. The two studies, published Tuesday in JAMA, found that patients who used a cooling cap loss less than 50 percent of their hair. Cooling caps—already widely used across Europe — may offer the solution to hair loss, long considered an inevitable side effect of chemotherapy.

Scalp cooling can help some breast cancer patients retain hair

Scalp cooling is thought to reduce hair loss due to reduced delivery of chemotherapy to the scalp and hair follicle, Rugo said. In the United States, scalp cooling has been limited because of factors including insufficient scientific data and concern about the theoretic risk of scalp metastases. Many of the patients reported mild headaches or scalp pain associated with the scalp cooling. "Scalp cooling allows patients to protect their privacy and maintain their self-esteem and sense of well-being. Of 101 patients who underwent scalp cooling, 67 of them (66.3 percent) retained half or more of their hair, the authors wrote.

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