Hair Loss (Alopecia) and Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute

If treatment will cause hair loss, try wearing fun scarves and earrings – or a cap, from time to time.

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Some types of chemotherapy cause the hair on your head and other parts of your body to fall out. Radiation therapy can also cause hair loss on the part of the body that is being treated. Hair loss is called alopecia. Talk with your health care team to learn if the cancer treatment you will be receiving causes hair loss. Your doctor or nurse will share strategies that have help others, including those listed below.

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