What do you recommend for women on AI therapy who experience excessive hair loss?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
In addition to the suggestions from @Charles L. Shapiro, there was also a study reported in 2018 by Freites-Martinez et al. in JAMA Dermatology that reported a moderate to significant improvement in endocrine therapy-induced alopecia with topical minoxidil 5%. This is a relatively straightforwa...
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Medical Oncologist at Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center at KishHealth Would you consider Finasteride?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Hair loss with AIs is a common problem. Estimates vary, but a prospective case-control trial of women treated with AIs and matched 144 control group of women without breast cancer showed at 6-months after AI treatment women self-reported 32% vs. 15%, p<0.05, respectively (Gallicchio et al Support...
Would you consider Finasteride?