C J G van den Hurk1, M W Dercksen2, J W R Nortier3, W P M Breed4
1Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL)
2Maxima Medical Center
3Leiden University Medical Center
4Catharina Hospital
Hair loss is a frequently occurring and stigmatizing side effect of chemotherapy. Worldwide scalp cooling is being introduced to prevent chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). In the Netherlands scalp cooling is implemented in many hospitals since 2005. FDA clearance has been approved for scalp cooling among breast cancer patients in the USA in 2016. Recently approval has been expended for solid tumors.