RT Book, Section
A1 Starace, Michela
A1 Vezzoni, Roberta
A1 Alessandrini, Aurora
A1 Piraccini, Bianca Maria
A2 Tosti, Antonella
A2 Piraccini, Bianca Maria
SR Print(0)
ID 1201699909
T1 Chemotherapy-Induced Hair Changes and Alopecia
T2 Disorders of the Hair and Nail: Diagnosis and Treatment
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462470
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201699909
RD 2023/11/30
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.