Hair disorders in cancer survivors. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • With increasing survival rates across all cancers, survivors represent a growing population that is frequently affected by persistent or permanent hair growth disorders as a result of systemic therapies, radiotherapy, surgical procedures, and therapeutic transplants. These hair disorders include persistent chemotherapy-induced alopecia, persistent radiotherapy-induced alopecia, endocrine therapy-induced alopecia and hirsutism, postsurgery alopecia and localized hypertrichosis, and persistent stem cell transplantation and targeted therapy-induced alopecia. The information contained in this continuing medical education series should facilitate a better understanding on hair disorders in cancer survivors so that adequate support and therapies may be provided.

publication date

  • April 14, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Cancer Survivors
  • Hair Diseases

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6186205

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85064260932

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.03.056

PubMed ID

  • 29660423

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 80

issue

  • 5