Awareness of dysgeusia and gustatory tests in patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Sayaka KubaRie FujiyamaKosho YamanouchiMichi MoritaChika SakimuraToshiko HatachiMegumi MatsumotoHiroshi YanoMitsuhisa TakatsukiNaomi HayashidaTakeshi NagayasuSusumu Eguchi

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2018)

While approximately half of the chemotherapy patients were aware of dysgeusia, 81% (35/43) of them could accurately identify the four basic tastes using the instillation method.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
locally advanced
chronic kidney disease
radiation therapy
patient reported outcomes
patient reported