Is there a gene that makes a cancer patient undergoing chemo or radiology immune to hair loss?

I heard from a friend of mine that there's a gene that makes one immune to the loss of hair while undergoing chemo or radiology. Is she full of crap or is this the real deal?Is there a gene that makes a cancer patient undergoing chemo or radiology immune to hair loss?
Radiation does not cause hair loss but chemotherapy can and does. She just does not know that different people react differently to the poisons that chemotherapy is, the drugs destroys cells. My wife did not lose hair until her fourth treatment.





It grows back, and hair loss is not what you are concerned about, it is more of a survival thing that enters the mind, cancer is NOT about the hair, it is about survival and hope.Is there a gene that makes a cancer patient undergoing chemo or radiology immune to hair loss?
you don't always lose your hair in chemo and in radiation, hair is only lost locally. depends on how much of the chemo drug they give you and your body's reaction to it. also research the type of chemo drug and see how often it causes hairloss. but i don't think there's any sort of gene, pills, medication or treatment to prevent hairloss. if you want hair during chemo/radiation, get a wig. it helps, my friend with sarcoma says it makes her feel so much better! i personally have not had any hairloss yet. well, thinning out but nothing significant and noticable.
Radiation can cause localised hair loss in the area exposed. It does not cause generalised hair loss.





Some forms of chemotherapy carry a risk of hair loss. Depending on the drug, this may be a small risk, or in the case of one of the drugs I was given, more than 99% chance of hair loss.





While it is possible that genetics have some influence on why some patients do and others don't loose hair with a particular drug, no testing has been done on this theory as it serves no useful purpose and could only be undertaken by exposing many healthy people to chemotherapy as a control group.





No-one in their right mind would volunteer, and no-one with any ethics would suggest it.
Let's not say she's full of crap, just misinformed. Not everyone loses hair during chem or radiation.. it has to do with dosage and type of medication, not genes. There is no one who is immune to hair loss during radiation if the dosage is high enough for a long enough period of time. Both of my parents had chemo, neither lost hair. My mom had radiation, but only 3 treatments, she didnt lose much hair at all. But again, it isn't genes that make the difference. They told us she wouldn't lose much hair because of the type of treatment.
Is this the same friend that told you bc pills keep your hair from falling out during chemo? Once again, she's full of crap...as you say. Not all chemo treatments make you lose your hair. You lose hair with radiation in the area that's targeted.





Hey Dave, the chemo I am taking doesn't cause hair loss. The radiation to my head...where it went in and where it came out caused complete baldness in those spots only. The reason it didn't with your wife, is because it wasn't to her head, but the chemo for bc is notorious for causing baldness. Hope she's doing wonderfully!





Keep the funnies coming, Dave! It really helps!! Give her my best.
crap! :)