Taste Disorders and Their Relation to BMI, FFQ, and EORTC QLQ-BR23 in Breast Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy.

Taste Disorders and Their Relation to Body Mass Index, Food Frequency Questionnaire and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy.

Taste disorders in cancer patients during chemotherapy could be consider as multifactorial disease, it is related with changes of food consumption. Approximately 36-69% of the patients under chemotherapy suffer oral toxicity or dysgeusia

A prospective case- only observational study was conducted in patients of the Hospital General de México for two years. A self-reported taste survey was used, and patients scored their results in a Likert scale.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Chemotherapy with Doxorubicin + Cyclophosphamide (DC) or Paclitaxel + Carboplatin (PC) or Docetaxel.

Exclusión Criteria:

• No smokers Infections in oral cavity Acute respiratory diseases Gastro- oesophageal reflux disease Other types of cancer.