Umami taste dysfunction in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Hideomi Yamashita; Keiichi Nakagawa; Yoshio Hosoi; Azusa Kurokawa; Yusuke Fukuda; Ichiro Matsumoto; Takumi Misaka; Keiko Abe

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.04.001

Umami taste dysfunction in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Hideomi Yamashita, Keiichi Nakagawa, Yoshio Hosoi, Azusa Kurokawa, Yusuke Fukuda, Ichiro Matsumoto, Takumi Misaka, Keiko Abe

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The University of Tokyo

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Abstract

Taste loss is a major cause of morbidity in patients undergoing head and neck irradiation. Previous studies have reported the alteration of the four basic tastes in patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy. However, only a few studies have been conducted on the effects of irradiation on the function of umami taste, a novel and basic taste recently recognized. In a prospective study, 52 patients undergoing radical head and neck irradiation were assessed for taste loss. Taste ability was measured by the taste threshold for umami quality using the whole-mouth taste method in patients before, during, and immediately after radiotherapy. Umami taste declined of the 3rd week after the start of radiotherapy and improved of the 8th week.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e19-e23
Journal	Oral Oncology
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.04.001
Publication status	Published - 2009 Mar

Keywords

Head and neck cancer
Radiotherapy
Taste loss
Umami taste
Whole-mouth taste method

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