“…In another study which followed patients over time, the frequency of dysgeusia as a complaint decreased over time [22]. In all studies, the severity of dysgeusia was rated as mild [2,8,17,22,34]. In four before and after (i.e., quasi-experimental, noncontrolled, non-randomized) studies involving RT alone, the rate of dysgeusia ranged from 16-100% [7,8,19,22] and was usually reported as mild to moderate in severity.…”