Self-reported and objective taste and smell evaluation in treatment-naive solid tumour patients

Taste and smell abnormalities (TSA) commonly occur in cancer and are associated with anorexia, early satiety, malnutrition, weight loss and reduced quality of life. A recent study found a high TSA prevalence in newly diagnosed cancer patients before treatment. This suggests that TSA may originate from the tumour itself. No previous study has examined TSA, both subjectively and objectively, in newly diagnosed, treatment-naive cancer patients....