When Amanda Butler was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32, the prospect of chemotherapy was daunting. “That was the last thing I wanted to do. I was like I don’t want to lose my hair,” Butler ...

A Massachusetts mother who is battling cancer is pushing health insurance companies to cover a treatment that is often ...

WASHINGTON -- Hair loss is one of the most despised side effects of chemotherapy, and now breast cancer patients are getting a new way to try to save their locks. The Food and Drug Administration said ...

BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — New studies have found that cooling caps can help cancer patients keep their hair through chemotherapy treatment, however, this type of treatment comes with risks that Idaho ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Princess Kate Middleton shocked the world by announcing in 2024 that she was battling an unspecified form of cancer following a ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S. About 240,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the U.S. alone according ...

“Whenever I first talk about giving chemotherapy to a patient, the very first question they ask is, ‘I know this sounds silly, but am I going to lose my hair?’” Dr. Susan Kim of Southcoast Health, a ...

A handful of other states are considering mandating private insurance coverage of the technology, used to block ...

Jen Tassi felt like a bobblehead as her oncologist explained her breast cancer diagnosis, the various drugs that would make up her chemotherapy treatments and how and when they’d be delivered. The ...

A new process called cold cap therapy is helping more cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy. “We have a lot of medication that can help alleviate most of the side effects [of chemo],” ...

In December, I joined the 1 in 8 women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer. Found on a routine mammogram, my tumor was small, and by all measures I had the best prognosis possible. The ...

Earlier this week, Kate Middleton carried out her first engagement of 2025 at a location with special significance for her: She visited the hospital where she received chemotherapy treatment last year ...