The mystery of "metal mouth" in chemotherapy - ORA (original) (raw)

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Of all the oral sensations that are experienced, “metallic” is one that is rarely reported in healthy participants. So why, then, do chemotherapy patients so frequently report that “metallic” sensations overpower and interfere with their enjoyment of food and drink? This side-effect of chemotherapy—often referred to (e.g., by patients) as “metal mouth”—can adversely affect their appetite, resulting in weight loss, which potentially endangers (or at the very least slows) their recovery. The et...

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University of Oxford

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MSD

Department:

Experimental Psychology

Oxford college:

Somerville College

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0000-0003-2111-072X

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English

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uuid:bf56172d-ea67-4880-8b45-d13fde173cd9

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pubs:1077011

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2019-12-09

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Reith and Spence

Copyright date:

2020

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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com

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This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Oxford University Press at https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjz076

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