Taste, odor intervention improves cancer therapy, according to Virginia Tech, Wake Forest study
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 17:36
in Health & Medicine
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 30, 2009 -- Cancer and its therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, may directly alter and damage taste and odor perception, possibly leading to patient malnutrition, and in severe cases, significant morbidity, according to a Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center compilation of various existing studies.