In the News – Permanent Hair Loss from Cancer Drug Taxotere

Posted by on March 10th, 2010 at 01:34pm

Snippet from the commentary:

Women who took a drug to fight breast cancer say they were never warned of a side effect – permanent hair loss – that left them looking sick expanded after they were treated for the disease.

“I had a normal head of hair and I am now completely bald,” said Cynthia MacGregor, 50, of Montreal, who has been diagnosed with alopecia universalis, a loss of all body hair.

Another sufferer, Shirley Ledlie, 51, of Brittany, France, said: “It’s like … [visit site to read more]

Original post by William Rassman, MD

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