A multicenter survey of temporal changes in chemotherapy-induced hair loss in breast cancer patients

Takanori Watanabe, Hiroshi Yagata, Mitsue Saito, Hiroko Okada, Tamiko Yajima, Nao Tamai, Yuko Yoshida, Tomoko Takayama, Hirohisa Imai, Keiko Nozawa, Takafumi Sangai, Akiyo Yoshimura, Yoshie Hasegawa, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Kojiro Shimozuma and Yasuo Ohashi

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Purpose: Many breast cancer patients suffer from chemotherapy-induced hair loss. Accurate information about temporal changes in chemotherapy-induced hair loss is important for supporting patients scheduled to receive chemotherapy, because it helps them to prepare. However, accurate information, on issues such as the frequency of hair loss after chemotherapy, when regrowth starts, the condition of regrown hair, and the frequency of incomplete hair regrowth, is lacking. This study aimed to clarify the long-term temporal changes in chemotherapy-induced hair loss using patient-reported outcomes for chemotherapy-induced hair loss. Methods: We conducted a multicenter, cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Disease-free patients who had completed adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of anthracycline and/or taxanes for breast cancer within the prior 5 years were enrolled from 47 hospitals and clinics in Japan. Descriptive statistics were obtained in this study. The study is reported according to the STROBE criteria. Results: The response rate was 81.5% (1511/1853), yielding 1478 questionnaires. Hair loss occurred in 99.9% of patients. The mean time from chemotherapy until hair loss was 18.0 days. Regrowth of scalp hair occurred in 98% of patients. The mean time from the completion of chemotherapy to the beginning of regrowth was 3.3 months. Two years after chemotherapy completion, the scalp-hair recovery rate was

Date: 2019
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