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

    Jun 23, 2021 10:15 am by Sharita ForrestResearch
    food science and human nutrition professor M. Yanina Pepino found in a study. Photo by Luka Gruev

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    • food science and human nutrition professor M. Yanina Pepino found in a study. Photo by Luka Gruev

    Study finds that 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.