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Radiation therapy directed at the head causes hair loss.

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Is it true that radiation therapy directed at the head causes hair loss?

Yes. Reference material and a clinical review state that radiation to hair-bearing skin, including the scalp, causes hair loss, with the review noting it can be temporary or permanent depending on dose.

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Radiation therapy
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Radiation therapy. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy

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Radiation
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Radiation. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation

Pre-treatment visualization of predicted radiation-induced acute alopecia in brain tumour patients -
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Pre-treatment visualization of predicted radiation-induced acute alopecia in brain tumour patients - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctro.2022.02.003

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