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Title New hope for chemo patients with hair loss Media name/outlet The Courier Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 13/09/19 Description Chemotherapy patients have been offered a new hope in combating hair loss associated with cancer treatment.
Scientists have developed a strategy to protect the hair follicle from chemotherapy.
Researchers at The University of Manchester say it could lead to new treatments that prevent chemotherapy-induced hair loss - arguably one of the most psychologically distressing side effects of modern cancer therapy.URL https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/6383604/new-hope-for-chemo-patients-with-hair-loss/?cs=12 Persons Talveen Purba Title New cancer treatment STOPS patients losing their hair during chemo, docs say Media name/outlet The Sun Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 13/09/19 Description cientists in Manchester have discovered how to protect the hair follicle during chemo.
They hope it will help prevent hair loss during treatment in future.URL https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9916226/cancer-treatment-prevents-hair-loss-chemo/ Persons Talveen Purba Title Scientists develop way to stop cancer patients losing hair during chemotherapy Media name/outlet The Mirror Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 13/09/19 Description Researchers from the University of Manchester have discovered a new strategy to protect hair follicles from taxanes - cancer drugs that can cause permanent hair loss.
The team focused on a newer class of drugs called CDK4/6 inhibitors, which block cell division and are already approved as ‘targeted’ cancer therapies.
Dr Talveen Purba, who led the study, said: "Although at first this seems counterintuitive, we found that CDK4/6 inhibitors can be used temporarily to halt cell division without promoting additional toxic effects in the hair follicle.URL https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/scientists-develop-way-stop-cancer-20057416 Persons Talveen Purba Title Hair Loss During Cancer Treatment May Become A Thing Of The Past, Thanks To New Research Media name/outlet Huffington Post Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 12/09/19 Description Scientists have discovered a new way to protect hair follicles during chemotherapy, which they hope could be used to prevent hair loss as a result of cancer treatment in the future.
Previous research from the University of Nottingham uncovered how traumatic hair loss can be for cancer patients, with many women involved in the study describing losing their hair as being more difficult than losing their breasts to cancer.
The latest research, from the University of Manchester, aimed to remove this trauma by exploring why hair loss happens during cancer treatment – then finding ways to stop it.URL https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hair-loss-during-cancer-treatment-could-be-a-thing-of-the-past-thanks-to-new-research_uk_5d7a13b7e4b0a938a42e6e4c Persons Talveen Purba Title Breakthrough could protect chemotherapy patients from hair loss Media name/outlet Sky News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 12/09/19 Description Scientists have developed a new strategy that could protect chemotherapy patients from suffering hair loss.
Researchers at the University of Manchester uncovered the breakthrough via the CDK4/6 inhibitor drug, which is an existing form of cancer therapy that blocks the division of affected cells to stop the disease from spreading.URL https://news.sky.com/story/breakthrough-could-protect-chemotherapy-patients-from-hair-loss-11807779 Persons Talveen Purba Title The end of hair loss during chemo? Scientists find a way to protect fragile follicles from the powerful tumour-killing drugs Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 12/09/19 Description Scientists claim to have found a way to stop cancer patients from losing their hair during chemotherapy.
The destruction of healthy cells, as well as cancerous ones, causes common chemotherapy side effects, such as hair loss.
However, researchers at the University of Manchester found coating follicles with another type of cancer drug may prevent hair loss.
Laboratory tests showed CDK4/6 inhibitors made the follicles 'less susceptible' to chemotherapy drugs called taxanes.
CDK4/6 inhibitors, which work by blocking cell division, slowed the multiplication of cells at the base of the hair follicles.URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7456511/The-end-hair-loss-chemo.html Persons Talveen Purba
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Cancer
Keywords
- cancer
- chemotherapy
- hair loss