Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Hair loss - hair loss and tamoxifen

Question:
Please advise whether the use of tamoxifen causes hair loss. I have used tamoxifen for 7 months and I noticed that I am losing quite a bit of hair in front. Should I continue to use tamoxifen?


Kevin Fox, MD, Assistant Director, Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:

http://www.oncolink.org/experts/article.cfm?c=3&s=13&ss=22&id=1754