The Effect of a Helmet-Type, Home-Use Low-Level Light Therapy Device for Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

    December 2023 in “ Trials ”
    Chun-Yu Wu, C. Li, Yi-Hsien Shiao … Yuan-Chieh Yeh
    Studysummary In this randomized controlled trial involving breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, this study investigated the efficacy of low-level light therapy for preventing hair loss, measuring outcomes like hair count and patient quality of life, but the abstract does not report specific results.
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    Research cited in this study 14

    1. Scalp Cooling to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia Anais brasileiros de dermatologia/Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia · 2020
    2. Permanent Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia in Patients with Breast Cancer: A 3-Year Prospective Cohort Study ˜The œoncologist · 2018
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    4. Photobiomodulation Therapy for Androgenetic Alopecia: A Clinician’s Guide to Home-Use Devices Cleared by the FDA Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy · 2017
    5. Permanent Alopecia in Patients with Breast Cancer After Taxane Chemotherapy and Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy: Clinicopathologic Findings in a Cohort of 10 Patients Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2017
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    7. Low-Level Laser Therapy for Treatment of Hair Loss Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 2013
    8. Low-Level Light Therapy for Androgenetic Alopecia: A 24-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham Device-Controlled Multicenter Trial Dermatologic Surgery · 2013
    9. Pathobiology of Chemotherapy-Induced Hair Loss The Lancet Oncology · 2013
    10. Utilizing Electromagnetic Radiation for Hair Growth Dermatologic Clinics · 2012
    11. Permanent Scalp Alopecia Related to Breast Cancer Chemotherapy by Sequential Fluorouracil/Epirubicin/Cyclophosphamide (FEC) and Docetaxel: A Prospective Study of 20 Patients Annals of Oncology · 2012
    12. Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2011
    13. Effects of the Lexington LaserComb on Hair Regrowth in the C3H/HeJ Mouse Model of Alopecia Areata Lasers in Medical Science · 2011
    14. Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: Emotional Distress and Mitigation Strategies Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery · 2009

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