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Does cancer cause hair loss without chemo or radiation?
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Not usually, wt loss: Weight loss (you have lost 60 lbs since the springtime) due to amy cause can give hair loss. Poor diet, seroous illness, pregnancy, hormonal causes, surgical illness, etc. Can cause hair loss. See your doc about it.
Answered 10/17/2012
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