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Scalp cooling (cold caps: DigniCap, Paxman) A tightly fitted cap chilled to a few degrees above freezing, worn before, during and after each chemotherapy infusion, narrows the blood vessels of the scalp so less drug reaches the hair roots. In a randomised trial about half of women on taxane-based chemotherapy kept most of their hair, compared with none who went without. | HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, Triple-negative breast cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer | complementary, supportive-care | |||
SCALP: scalp cooling to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy for early breast cancer Nangia J, Wang T, Osborne C, et al. · JAMA 2017 In the first randomised trial of a modern scalp cooling system, half the women who used the Paxman device during taxane or anthracycline chemotherapy for early breast cancer kept most of their hair, compared with none of those who did not. | HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, Triple-negative breast cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer | complementary |