The latest installations in the USA include additional scalp cooling systems at the Mayo Clinc locations in Minnesota, Arizona, Florida and Wisconsin, and also at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. PAXMAN now has systems installed, or on their way to, 259 locations in 37 states.

“It is truly inspiring to be able to contribute to an improved quality of life and an increased level of control for so many patients in the USA, together with pre-eminent hospitals and cancer centres. We are now hoping that scalp cooling will become available regardless of the patient’s financial situation, and there are clear signs that things are moving in the right direction,” says PAXMAN’s CEO Richard Paxman.

An important step towards insurance coverage was taken in March, 2019, when the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) included scalp cooling as a recommended category 2A treatment to prevent hair loss in its guidelines for treatment of invasive breast cancer. Additionally, it was announced on May 10th, 2019 that the House of Representatives in the state of Texas passed a bill (Texas H.B. 3984) that will make it mandatory for health care programs to cover scalp cooling costs for cancer patients. The next step is a voting in the Texas Senate, and finally the bill needs to be signed or allowed by the governor. PAXMAN has over 75 scalp cooling systems installed in Texas, with additional systems to be delivered. A positive outcome for this bill would send a powerful message to other states in the USA to implement similar legislation.

For more information on the legislation process in Texas, see https://house.texas.gov/about-us/bill/