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Cancer survivors’ tongues less sensitive to tastes than those of healthy peers
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Cancer survivors’ tongues less sensitive to tastes than those of healthy peers

by Sharita Forrest,  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Head and neck cancer survivors’ tongues are less sensitive at the tip, and problems with taste dysfunction may persist for years after patients complete oncology treatments, a team led by food science and human nutrition professor M. Yanina Pepino found in a study. Credit: Luka Gruev Most survivors...