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Alopecia, or hair loss, is one of the most common and traumatic side effects caused by chemotherapy. In an attempt to prevent this, Usl 4 has purchased, through the contribution of the Association of Hospital Volunteers (AVO), Andos di Portogruaro, various voluntary badociations, entrepreneurs, traders and ordinary citizens, three of the the most advanced equipment on the market. "Each device is equipped with two helmets – explains the director of the oncology department, Daniele Bernardi – who are able to lower the temperature of the scalp to a constant temperature of 4 degrees C. The reduction in temperature causes a vasoconstriction that minimizes the drug substance released into the hair follicles, and the reduction in metabolism reduces the absorption of substances by the hair follicle. "
Used for women with bad cancer
The cooling helmets will be used for women with bad cancer, preoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy. "A novelty that joins the diagnostic and therapeutic pathway dedicated to bad cancer with a good part of the senological team – added the general manager of the health care company Carlo Bramezza – and who integrates with the oncological activity and humanization process engaged for some time in this endeavor. However, the merit of this novelty is also due to the economic support provided by voluntary badociations that have worked hard on the territory and have involved many people ".
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