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Scalp cooling device prevents hair loss in cancer patients
A cancer survivor tries on a wig donated by the Kenya Cancer Association: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Kenya. FILE PHOTO | EMMA NZIOKA
New scalp cooling technology can prevent hair loss in women undergoing early stage chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, results of a recent research have shown.
In what will be good news for cancer patients, two studies published in the February 14 issue of the JAMA journal found that the approach reduces blood flow to hair follicles thus preventing the absorption of chemicals used in chemotherapy thus preventing hair loss.
