Patient-reported outcome assessment and objective evaluation of chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

CONCLUSIONS: The Hair check is suitable to quantify the amount of hair loss and could complement research on refining outcome of scalp cooling, but the patient's opinion should be considered as the best method to assess hair loss in clinical practice. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Trialregister.nl NTR number 3082. PMID: 29551177 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: European Journal of Oncology Nursing - March 22, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Komen MMC, van den Hurk CJG, Nortier JWR, van der Ploeg T, Smorenburg CH, van der Hoeven JJM Tags: Eur J Oncol Nurs Source Type: research