Radiation therapy for cancer causes brain damage, disrupting taste and smell

‘Doctors have known for some time that radiation treatment for cancers of the head and neck can often result in changes to a patient’s sense of smell or taste, but they have attributed this effect mostly to temporary destruction of taste buds. But according to a study published in the journal Practical Radiation Oncology in July 2013, at least some of the effect may actually be due to radiation-induced brain damage.’
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