After doctors diagnosed Paula Estrada with breast cancer in 2009, the then 41-year-old Argentine decided she would not only beat the disease, but would do so without losing her long blonde hair to the ...

The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her thick locks fell out two weeks after starting chemotherapy. The second time breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a deep chill and kept much ...

In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, photo, Dr. Hope Rugo, right, an oncologist and breast cancer specialist, demonstrates the use of the Dignitana DigniCap system on Katherine Serrurier, a research ...

Hair loss has seemed an unavoidable side effect of chemotherapy. But on Tuesday, two new studies gave hope to breast cancer patients. “How does it feel on your head? It’s cold,” CBS News asked. “Yes.

Chemotherapy drugs are powerful and not particularly discerning. They targets cells that divide quickly. Cancer cells divide quickly. But so do hair cells—that’s why those undergoing chemotherapy wind ...

When Amanda Butler was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32, the prospect of chemotherapy was daunting. “That was the last thing I wanted to do. I was like I don’t want to lose my hair,” Butler ...

One of the most common side effects of chemotherapy is losing your hair, but an experimental treatment might change that. Cold cap therapy, which is currently in trials and not yet approved by the FDA ...

Hair loss with chemotherapy is a hallmark side effect of the treatment. And until now, most women undergoing chemo had to accept it as part of the unavoidable price to pay for the potentially ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – There’s a really “cool” thing that is making a big difference for women beating breast cancer. The “Cool Cap”, as it's called, is making a big difference in chemotherapy treatment ...

Normally, I don’t like to repeat myself. But last week, I posted two blogs about the chemo caps that I know some of you haven’t read because you only read my newspaper column, not the blog. So to make ...