Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,293 Likes: 1 | Cheryl, That makes sense based on what the general responses are to hair loss. Nearly all keep hair during chemo-radiation as do the the platinum only chemo patients. It certainly does highlight the taxotere or maybe the 5-FU as the culprit.
I'd not be surprised if a poll of induction TPF chemo patients returns a much higher "lost my hair" response. don
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