Will I lose my hair?

It depends entirely on which treatment you are having. Some chemotherapy causes hair loss all over. Some causes none at all. Radiation only affects hair in the area being treated.

So chest radiation does not take the hair on your head. Ask your team specifically about your treatment, and ask when it would start, because that is usually two to three weeks in.

Written by two physicians. Checked against patient information from the US National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK.