Hair-Safe Study: Scalp Cooling for Hair Saving in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy

"All patients who accomplish inclusion criteria and do not exhibit any contraindication undergo scalp cooling with the following conditions:~* Minimum 30 minutes pre-infusion cooling~* Cooling for the duration of chemotherapy infusion~* Minimum 90 minutes post-infusion cooling Scalp cooling is performed within the study group at each CT session."

"Patients (study group and reference group) will be assessed at the following time Points:~* Baseline~* at the half-way Point of the cyles~* at the last CT cycle~* 3 months after completion of Treatment~* 6-9 months after treatment completion~The assesments include the following~* Photographs of the head, which are evaluated using the CTCAEv4.0~* Questionnaire including the NCI- PRO-CTCAE-ITEMS, EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-B23, Body Image Scale, PRO-CTACAEs and Hairdex questionnaire"