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Each type of taste is located within taste buds on different sections of the tongue. As you chew your food, it mixes with saliva and as it comes in contact with the taste buds, messages are sent to the brain regarding your sense of taste. The brain processes the messages and helps you identify different tastes.
Yet, treatment for cancer, and cancer itself, can affect your sense of taste. Sense of taste involves the flavor, texture and smell of food. Influenced by taste buds located mainly on the surface of the tongue, the four main types of taste are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Any or all of these may be altered during or after cancer treatment, changing how you perceive flavors.