José Lucas Barbosa da Silva, Lucas Kanieski Anzolin, Samuel Pissinati Nicacio, Richard L Doty, Fábio de Rezende Pinna, Richard Louis Voegels, Marco Aurélio Fornazieri
BACKGROUND: Previous studies demonstrated the difficulty of patients with Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) in sensing food taste, a function in which olfaction has a significant role. However, neither study employed psychophysical tests or control groups to establish the veracity of such complaints. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: In this study, we quantitatively tested the olfactory function of HNC individuals and compared their function to that of healthy controls. METHODS: Thirty-one HNC naïve treatment patients and thirty-one controls, matched for sex, age, schooling, and smoking, were tested with the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT)...
March 1, 2023: Acta Oto-laryngologica