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May 2013 in “JAMA Dermatology” A woman's hair turned white after taking a cancer drug called dasatinib.
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May 2002 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” A rare skin condition linked to leukemia improved with chemotherapy.
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May 2013 in “JAMA Dermatology” Sunlight exposure improved a patient's skin condition, and there may be a link between a certain disease and skin growths; a leukemia treatment caused changes in hair color and growth.
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March 2013 in “JAMA Dermatology” A cancer drug called nilotinib might cause hair loss due to inflammation around hair follicles.
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August 2016 in “Dermatology Online Journal” A 46-year-old man with chronic myelogenous leukemia developed keratosis pilaris-like symptoms, including red bumps and patchy hair loss, after starting nilotinib, a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Cutaneous reactions are common non-hematologic side effects of nilotinib, but it was crucial to differentiate these from more severe drug hypersensitivity reactions that might require stopping the medication. Proper classification of skin eruptions based on their morphology, rather than broadly categorizing them as "chemotherapy eruptions," was emphasized for better management of these adverse effects.