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10579662

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of radiation treatment on olfactory function in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). An olfactory function test battery was administered to 25 adult NPC patients having received radiotherapy, 24 adult nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients awaiting to receive radiation treatment, and 36 adult normal control subjects. Members of the three groups were matched in terms of age, educational level, and full-scaled IQ score. Comparing the test results revealed that the NPC patients with radiotherapy had olfactory information processing impairments including absolute threshold, odour-tactile cross-modality matching, verbal identification of odours, and recall and recognition of identity of odours. The deficits of suprathreshold olfactory functioning in these patients did not seem to arise from impaired absolute threshold sensitivity. Provided that the results are reproducible, an evaluation of olfactory functioning in NPC patients during the period of radiotherapy may be useful for detecting or even avoiding side effects of radiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0269-9052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
905-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Olfactory function in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma following radiotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, National Taiwan, University, Taipei. huams@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't