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New Device Could Help Stop Hair Loss During Chemotherapy

Publication: WFOR-TV (CBS), Miami, FL
12/09/2016

​Karen Dicken, breast cancer patient at Texas Oncology–Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, shares her experience in a clinical trial for an experimental scalp cooling device that could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. Dr. John Pippen, hematologist and medical oncologist, explains how the “cool cap” chills follicles to slow everything down and keep the chemo out.

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