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The Rapunzel Project®: Saving Hair During Chemotherapy Through Scalp Cooling Therapy

Meet The Rapunzel Project®, Their Mission & Help Awareness of Scalp Cooling Therapy Add this to your '”things you should care about” list and listen up—The Rapunzel Project®, (TRP) a non-profit organization dedicated to helping chemotherapy patients keep their hair during treatment was founded by two breast cancer survivors, Nancy Marshall and Shirley Billigmeier. Continued

May 16, 2024·1 min read

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Meet The Rapunzel Project®, Their Mission & Help Awareness of Scalp Cooling Therapy Add this to your ‘”things you should care about” list and listen up—The Rapunzel Project®, (TRP) a non-profit organization dedicated to helping chemotherapy patients keep their hair during treatment was founded by two breast cancer survivors, Nancy Marshall and Shirley Billigmeier.     “I started with chemo and radiation, and when we [Dr. Paul Zander and Shirley] started making a plan. My doctor said, “chemo will take your hair” and I asked, “There’s no option!?,” says Shirley. “I tried on a wig and thought, this is just not (more…)