TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chemotherapy-Induced Hair Changes and Alopecia A1 - Starace, Michela A1 - Vezzoni, Roberta A1 - Alessandrini, Aurora A1 - Piraccini, Bianca Maria A2 - Tosti, Antonella A2 - Piraccini, Bianca Maria PY - 2023 T2 - Disorders of the Hair and Nail: Diagnosis and Treatment AB - SUMMARYAlopecia due to chemotherapy is usually an acute anagen effluvium that occurs after a few weeks and is reversible after withdrawal of the drug/s.Hair loss is the most common cutaneous side effect of antineoplastics and it’s more frequent and severe in combination chemotherapy.The absence or incomplete hair regrowth at 6 months after chemotherapy is defined as permanent alopecia. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/11/30 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201699909 ER -