Baseline Dysgeusia in Chemotherapy-Na ïve Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Association with Nutrition and Quality of Life.

Conclusion: Presence of dysgeusia in NSCLC patients before undergoing chemotherapy is associated with worse nutritional outcomes. The routine assessment of dysgeusia in treatment-naïve patients should be encouraged to timely assess and follow nutritional parameters. PMID: 31259622 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Nutrition and Cancer - June 30, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Turcott JG, Juárez-Hernández E, Sánchez-Lara K, Flores-Estrada D, Zatarain-Barrón ZL, Arrieta O Tags: Nutr Cancer Source Type: research