 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Gino,
in my own personal experience my hair loss was that directly in the radiation field, i.e., my neck. I don't have to shave below my chin anymore. The back of my neck is pretty hairless too, but below the normal hairline so it's no big deal. Although a few survivor hairs here and there have grown back. Your scalp should be fine. Some chemos don't cause hair loss and that is temporary if it does.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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