{"id":28894,"date":"2026-07-27T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameripharmaspecialty.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=28894"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:16:03","slug":"la-inmunoterapia-provoca-la-caida-del-cabello","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/ameripharmaspecialty.com\/es\/faq\/does-immunotherapy-cause-hair-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfLa inmunoterapia provoca la ca\u00edda del cabello?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La inmunoterapia rara vez causa p\u00e9rdida de cabello. A diferencia de la quimioterapia, que suele provocar la p\u00e9rdida total del cabello, la mayor\u00eda de las personas que reciben inmunoterapia conservan su cabello. En el peque\u00f1o n\u00famero de casos en que se produce p\u00e9rdida de cabello, suele ser leve (como adelgazamiento o p\u00e9rdida irregular) y el cabello a menudo vuelve a crecer despu\u00e9s de finalizar el tratamiento. Para los f\u00e1rmacos de inmunoterapia de uso com\u00fan, como los inhibidores de puntos de control, los estudios sugieren que la p\u00e9rdida de cabello ocurre solo en aproximadamente <strong>1% a 1,6% de pacientes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 la quimioterapia causa m\u00e1s p\u00e9rdida de cabello que la inmunoterapia?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La quimioterapia act\u00faa atacando las c\u00e9lulas que se dividen r\u00e1pidamente en el cuerpo. Si bien esto ayuda a destruir las c\u00e9lulas cancerosas, tambi\u00e9n afecta a otras c\u00e9lulas de r\u00e1pido crecimiento, como las de los fol\u00edculos pilosos. Por consiguiente, la ca\u00edda del cabello es un efecto secundario com\u00fan y esperado de la quimioterapia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La inmunoterapia funciona de manera diferente. En lugar de atacar directamente las c\u00e9lulas cancerosas, ayuda al sistema inmunitario a reconocer y combatir el c\u00e1ncer. Dado que no ataca de la misma manera las c\u00e9lulas que se dividen r\u00e1pidamente, los fol\u00edculos pilosos generalmente no se ven afectados, lo que hace que la ca\u00edda del cabello sea mucho menos frecuente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la ca\u00edda del cabello y el tratamiento del c\u00e1ncer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/cancer\/managing-cancer\/side-effects\/hair-skin-nails\/hair-loss\/coping-with-hair-loss.html\">P\u00e9rdida de cabello (alopecia) \u2014 Sociedad Americana del C\u00e1ncer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 f\u00e1rmacos de inmunoterapia tienen m\u00e1s probabilidades de causar ca\u00edda del cabello?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La probabilidad de ca\u00edda del cabello puede variar seg\u00fan el tipo de tratamiento:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>inhibidores de puntos de control<\/strong> (como Keytruda\u00ae y Opdivo\u00ae): Estos se encuentran entre los f\u00e1rmacos de inmunoterapia m\u00e1s utilizados y tienen la <strong>Menor riesgo de ca\u00edda del cabello<\/strong>, reportado en aproximadamente 1\u20131,6% de pacientes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Atezolizumab (Tecentriq\u00ae): <\/strong>Este medicamento puede tener una probabilidad ligeramente mayor de causar adelgazamiento del cabello en comparaci\u00f3n con otros inhibidores de puntos de control, aunque el riesgo sigue siendo relativamente bajo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inmunoterapia combinada<\/strong> (por ejemplo, un inhibidor de CTLA-4 utilizado con un inhibidor de PD-1): El uso simult\u00e1neo de varios f\u00e1rmacos de inmunoterapia puede aumentar el riesgo de efectos secundarios, incluida la ca\u00edda del cabello, aunque sigue siendo poco frecuente.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Terapias dirigidas<\/strong> (como los inhibidores de la tirosina quinasa, los inhibidores del VEGF y los inhibidores de CDK 4\/6): Estos a veces se agrupan con la inmunoterapia, pero funcionan de manera diferente y son <strong>Es m\u00e1s probable que cause adelgazamiento o ca\u00edda del cabello.<\/strong> que los f\u00e1rmacos de inmunoterapia tradicionales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para obtener informaci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica m\u00e1s detallada, consulte: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31610668\/\">Alopecia y da\u00f1o capilar inducidos por la terapia oncol\u00f3gica \u2014 PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si va a comenzar un tratamiento de inmunoterapia y le preocupan los efectos secundarios, como la ca\u00edda del cabello, su m\u00e9dico o el equipo de su farmacia especializada pueden ayudarle a comprender qu\u00e9 esperar y c\u00f3mo controlar cualquier cambio durante el tratamiento.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28894","faq","type-faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does Immunotherapy Cause Hair Loss? | AmeriPharma Specialty Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unlike chemotherapy, immunotherapy rarely causes hair loss. 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