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Breast Cancer
Research from Technical University of Dresden broadens understanding of breast cancer
July 9th, 2009
" Smell and taste changes during chemotherapy are significant complaints of cancer patients. Loss of olfactory/gustatory function can lead to malnutrition, weight loss, and possibly a prolonged morbidity of chemotherapy-induced adverse effects, decreased quality of life, poor compliance, and even decreased therapy response," scientists in Dresden, Germany report. "This prospective study comprehensively investigated, to our knowledge for the first time, smell and taste changes in a cohort of 87 patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer or gynecologic malignancies. Patients and Methods Olfactory function was tested using Sniffin' Sticks (Burghart; Wedel, Germany)...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-09)
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