Article: Hair Loss in Chemotherapy Prevented in Laboratory Rats - New York Times

LEAD: Researchers studying laboratory rats have been able to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy, a finding that could eventually lead to drugs to help cancer patients. Researchers studying laboratory rats have been able to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy, a finding that could eventually lead to drugs to help cancer patients. Scientists have been fairly successful in reducing the nausea and vomiting that can accompany chemotherapy but not in combating hair loss. ''While it is usually temporary, that initial hair loss can be quite a blow to the patient's self-image,'' said Dr. John Laszlo, senior vice president for research at the American Cancer Society. The study is being ...

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