Taste disorders in cancer patients: Pathogenesis, and approach to assessment and management

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Epstein, Joel B ^a,b   Barasch, Andrei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmacology and the Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dysgeusia; Oncology; Quality of life; Taste

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLONAZEPAM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DYSGEUSIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; TISSUE REPAIR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 74649083950     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.11.008     Document Type: Review

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