Taste and smell alterations in cancer patients - Real problems with few solutions

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-69

  Halyard, Michele Y ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

AGEUSIA; ANOREXIA; BITTER TASTE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSGEUSIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; METALLIC TASTE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOTE; RADIATION INJURY; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TASTE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67649551441     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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