ReviewFrontiers in physiology2017
Alteration in Taste Perception in Cancer: Causes and Strategies of Treatment.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07419581 (A Pilot Study to Explore the Effects of Freeze-Dried Miracle Fruit), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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A Pilot Study to Explore the Effects of Freeze-Dried Miracle Fruit (MiraBurst) on Patients Receiving Cancer Treatment
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effect of Oral Somatosensory Training on Oral Somatosensory Dysfunction in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024Trial
- Pentoxifylline and vitamin E reduce the severity of radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis and dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients: a randomized, controlled study.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2019Trial
- Multidisciplinary approach to managing GPRC5D-related adverse events in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients.Annals of hematology · 2026Review
- Oral dryness related symptoms in radiation-treated head and neck cancer patients: a pilot study of oral microbiome composition and function.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Symptom burden in patients with hematologic malignancies and its influencing factors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Network analysis of symptom clusters and core symptom changes in nasopharyngeal cancer survivors: a longitudinal study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Chemosensory response to Pt-based chemotherapeutics via bitter taste receptors in vitro reveals a new mechanism for bitter taste disorders.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prolonged zinc use for dysgeusia causing copper deficiency.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Self-Administered Taste Testing Without Water: Normative Data for the 53-Item Waterless Empirical Taste Test (WETT).International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2025Article
- Review
- Taste alterations in patients with cancer: an overview and recommendations for future research.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Review
- Taste Dysfunction in Head and Neck Cancer: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management-A Comprehensive Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Gustatory thresholds and obesity: a comparative study of five main tastes.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- The Effect of the Number of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Cycles Following Cancer Surgery on Taste Alteration, Energy Intake, and Life Quality: 6-Month Follow-Up Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A dynamic online nomogram for predicting nutritional risk in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after radiotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Therapy-Associated Saliva and Taste change Evaluation (TASTE) in head & neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: a study protocol.BMC cancer · 2024Observational
- Taste and Smell Alterations (TSAs) in Cancer Patients.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Gut tumors in flies alter the taste valence of an anti-tumorigenic bitter compound.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
- The role of food during oncology treatment: perspectives of cancer patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The sense of taste is responsible for the detection and ingestion of food to cover energetic requirements in health and disease. The change in taste perception might lead to malnutrition that is usually one of the frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. In this review, we summarize the mechanisms of taste perception and how they are altered in cancer. We also address the question of the implication of inflammation, responsible for the alterations in taste modalities. We highlight the role of radio- and chemotherapy in the modulation of taste physiology. Other several factors like damage to taste progenitor cells and disruption of gut microbiota are also dealt with relation to taste perception in cancer. We further shed light on how to restore taste acuity, by using different preventive methods, dietary modifications and pharmacotherapy in subjects with advanced cancer state.
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