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Whenever the skin is irradiated, hair loss may occur as a side effect. Because hair loss of scalp induced by radiation of brain or head and neck cancer has a significant importance due to its effect on appearance (Fig. 2.1), we focus on scalp hair loss in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Clinical Oncology, Imam Hossein Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Shahid Madani Street, Tehran, Iran

    Ainaz Sourati & Ahmad Ameri

  2. Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Shohadaye Tajrish Educational Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran

    Mona Malekzadeh

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Sourati, A., Ameri, A., Malekzadeh, M. (2017). Hair Loss. In: Acute Side Effects of Radiation Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55950-6_2

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