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Article: New treatment may prevent hair loss from chemotherapy
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- April 3, 2000
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SAN FRANCISCO - Hair loss from chemotherapy, a distressing side
effect of cancer treatment, could be a thing of the past if a gel
under development shows promise in adults. The clear ointment has
been tested only on lab rats, but developers said its effects are
dramatic.
"We noticed a marked protection of the hair," said Stephen T.
Davis. "It was just stunning."
Davis, a scientist at Glaxo Wellcome, said the company hopes to
test the ointment on people, though he could not predict when that
will happen.
Cancer cells grow faster than normal tissue. ...