Taste Disorders - Chemically induced
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Taste and odor abnormalities in cancer patients.

27 Feb 2009 Taste and odor abnormalities are major daily concerns for patients with cancer. This review summarizes the common taste and odor disorders of cancer patients and provides insight into their possible causes. Cancer and its therapy, including ... Read more...

Self-care strategies to cope with taste changes after chemotherapy.

27 Feb 2009 PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe factors related to taste changes, to examine patients' use of a self-care suggestion sheet to manage taste changes associated with chemotherapy, and to identify potentially useful strategies for managing specific ... Read more...

[Development of taste disorders following FOLFOX-FOLFIRI therapy and its effects on the QOL of patients with colorectal cancer]

27 Feb 2009 Taste disorders are frequent occurrences among those patients under the FOLFOX-FOLFIRI regimen for colorectal cancer. We conducted a study on the development of taste disorders among colorectal cancer patients under this regimen and the effect of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Taste Disorders - Chemically induced'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Smell and taste disorders. Changes in senses can often be treated. 30 Jul 2009
• Taste and smell alterations in cancer patients--real problems with few solutions. 27 Feb 2009
• The relationship between taste, olfaction, and nutrition in the cancer population. 27 Feb 2009
• Taste and odor abnormalities in cancer patients. 27 Feb 2009
• Self-care strategies to cope with taste changes after chemotherapy. 27 Feb 2009
• [Development of taste disorders following FOLFOX-FOLFIRI therapy and its effects on the QOL of patients with colorectal cancer] 27 Feb 2009
• Olfactory changes among patients receiving chemotherapy. 20 Nov 2008
• Drug-induced taste disorders. 29 Sep 2008
• Cancer chemotherapy: sometimes takes the pleasure out of eating. 30 Jul 2008
• Relation between drug-induced taste disorder and chelating behavior with zinc ion; statistical approach to the drug-induced taste disorder, part II. 30 Jul 2008
• The effects of an essential oil and an amine fluoride/stannous fluoride mouthrinse on supragingival plaque regrowth. 29 Jun 2008
• Effect of N-chlorotaurine mouth rinses on plaque regrowth and plaque vitality. 25 Jun 2008
• Oral mucosal lesions, microbial changes, and taste disturbances induced by adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. 11 Jun 2008
• [Involvement of zinc in taste disturbance occurring during treatment for malignant tumor in the chest and the effects of polaprezinc oral disintegrating tablets (a retrospective study)] 30 May 2008
• Terbinafine hydrochloride oral granules versus oral griseofulvin suspension in children with tinea capitis: results of two randomized, investigator-blinded, multicenter, international, controlled trials. 16 Apr 2008
• Maribavir prophylaxis for prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study. 17 Feb 2008
• Adverse events associated with chlorhexidine use: results from the Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Diabetes Study. 30 Jan 2008
• Drug-induced taste disorders. 30 Dec 2007
• Oral adverse effects due to the use of Nevirapine. 30 Dec 2007
• [Drug-induced taste disorder] 26 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Taste Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by an alteration in gustatory function or perception. Taste disorders are frequently associated with OLFACTION DISORDERS. Additional potential etiologies include METABOLIC DISEASES; DRUG TOXICITY; and taste pathway disorders (e.g., TASTE BUD diseases; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASES; and BRAIN STEM diseases).

Descriptor UI: D013651

Alternative terms: Taste Disorders; Taste Disorder; Taste Disorder, Posterior Tongue; Taste Disorder, Primary; Primary Taste Disorder; Primary Taste Disorders; Taste Disorders, Primary; Taste Disorder, Primary, Bitter; Taste, Metallic; Metallic Taste; Metallic Tastes; Tastes, Metallic; Taste Disorder, Primary, Sweet; Taste Disorder, Secondary; Secondary Taste Disorder; Secondary Taste Disorders; Taste Disorders, Secondary; Taste Disorder, Secondary, Bitter; Taste Disorder, Secondary, Salt; Taste Disorder, Secondary, Sweet; Taste Disorder, Anterior Tongue; Taste Disorder, Primary, Salt;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.751.861; C23.888.592.763.861;

History Note: 1973(1971)