Taste disorders in cancer patients during chemotherapy could be consider as multifactorial disease, it is related with changes of food consumption. Approximately 36-69% of the patients under chemotherapy suffer oral toxicity or dysgeusia A prospective case- only observational study was conducted in patients of the Hospital General de México for two years. A self-reported taste survey was used, and patients scored their results in a Likert scale.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
106
Each patient performed their own test placing three drops with a disposable dropper from each bottle into the center of the tongue for whole-mouth testing.
Hospital General de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Prevalence of taste disorders and perception of the four basic flavors
to assess the prevalence of taste alterations perception of the four basic flavors (sweet, salty, bitter and acidic) in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients (clinical stages IA, IIA, IIB, IIIA and IIIB) before and after chemotherapy
Time frame: 21 days
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