C.J.G van den Hurk1, 2, W.P.M. Breed2 J.W.W. Coebergh2, L.V. van de Poll-Franse2, J.W.R. Nortier1
1Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden
2Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven
• Severe hair loss is very common in chemotherapy patients
• Chemotherapy-induced alopecia is distressing
• Scalp cooling during chemotherapy:
o Practised for many years in Europe, however hardly registration of results and research to improve results
o minimal and reversible side effects
o the Netherlands: scalp cooling offered in
- 2004: 4 hospitals
- 2007: 35 hospitals (1 out of 3)
