A British journalist who noticed a black mole on her scalp that turned out to be melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, said a dermatologist initially told her “it looked fine,” while another ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – For many cancer patients, losing their hair during chemotherapy can feel like losing a part of their ...

Cancer patient Lisa says a charity-funded scalp cooler was used to limit hair loss during chemotherapy.

Scalp cooling helped Maureen Green prevent hair loss during chemotherapy, despite its initial financial burden due to lack of insurance coverage. New York legislation now requires insurance coverage ...

Del. Tom Hutchinson vividly recalls standing in the shower with his then-wife, Lynn Dymond, shaving the last strands of hair from her head.

A device attached to a patient's scalp that delivers a continuous dose of low-intensity electric fields improves survival and slows the growth of a deadly brain tumor, according to a new clinical ...

Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss - one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer - in certain breast cancer patients, according to a new multicenter study from UC San ...