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• TITLE: Alteration of Taste Acuity in Pediatric Cancer Patients after Treatment Completion: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Filter-Paper Disc Method

  AUTHORS: Ayako Nagai, Masaru Kubota, Souichi Adachi, Ken-ichiro Watanabe, Yasufumi Takeshita

  KEYWORDS: Pediatric Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Filter-Paper Disc Method, Taste Acuity

  JOURNAL NAME: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.5 No.14, August 25, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Taste acuity of adult patients undergoing cancer treatment has been well investigated; however, studies of taste acuity after completion of cancer treatment are limited, particularly in children. This study aimed to assess taste acuity in pediatric cancer patients after treatment completion. Seventy-three patients who had completed cancer treatment (median age, 13 years; range, 7 - 18 years) and had not received any further treatment for at least 6 months were enrolled. Eighty-one healthy children (median age, 10 years; range, 8 - 19 years) served as controls. We determined the thresholds for four tastes (sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) using the filter-paper disc method. There was no significant difference in the thresholds of taste acuity for the four test solutions between the patient and control groups. The duration since treatment completion (