A “life-changing” machine that cancer patients say preserves their dignity and confidence by protecting their hair during chemotherapy has been scrapped in Queensland.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Crisp Regional Hospital plans to employ a new cold cap technology to help cancer patients retain their hair. For many, hair loss is a […] ...

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia, or CIA, is one of the most common and distressing side effects of cancer treatment, affecting some 65% of patients. Scalp cooling is a treatment helping with hair loss. ...