Abstract

AVILA MONTES, Olga Carolina; BARRIENTOS R., Elizabeth  and  GONZALEZ CRUZ, Catalina. DISEÑO DE UN SCALP COOLING SYSTEM. Rev. ing. biomed. [online]. 2007, vol.1, n.1, pp.38-41. ISSN 1909-9762.

Chemotherapy-induced hair loss is one of the most common and distressing side-effects of cancer therapy. Scalp cooling has become an increasingly effective method to prevent hair loss. The aim of this article is to describe the process of design of a scalp cooling system to prevent chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

Keywords : Alopecia; Chemotherapy-induced hair loss; Cold cap; Hypothermia; Scalp cooling; Hair preservation.

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