Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss - one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer - in certain breast cancer patients, according to a new multicenter study from UC San ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – For many cancer patients, losing their hair during chemotherapy can feel like losing a part of their ...

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my life fractured into a before and an after. I underwent five months of chemotherapy, a unilateral mastectomy, and proton radiation. I lost a breast. I lost ...

Scalp cooling can reduce hair loss during chemotherapy. When Maureen Green was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago, the finance professional and mom-of-two decided to try scalp cooling, a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's been four years since Rebecca Yarnold survived a harrowing fight with breast cancer. And even during chemotherapy, she kept her spirits up and shield her young son from the ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Normally the focal point is on reducing the risk of getting breast cancer, getting a mammogram and having regular doctor visits. However, there is another ...

Researchers and biomedical engineers from Dartmouth Health, Dartmouth Cancer Center and the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College have discovered a new fluorescent molecule that makes ...