"Dignicap Scalp Cooling" - Kelly Bowman
Dignicap was created to help breast cancer patients like Donna Tookes help minimize hair loss while undergoing chemotherapy. Dignicap has been incorporated for use by institutions such as the Mount Sinai Health System. Paula Klein, MD, associate professor of hematology and medical oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, whose research of the device led to FDA approval says, “there are other scalp cooling systems that have been around for a while in the U.S., but are more laborious. With the Dignicap System, the patient does very little work and chilling the scalp prevents chemotherapy drugs from getting to the hair follicles.”
- Paula Klein, MD, Associate Professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai