Laura Perry, a doctoral student in psychology, and Michael Hoerger, an assistant professor of psychology, are part of the Tulane team that studied a reduced sense of taste and smell in some prostate cancer patients. Not pictured is Sarah Alonzi, the lead author of the study. (Photo was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
—Paula Burch-Celentano Photo
Tulane studies taste, smell issue by cancer patients
One in six men being treated for advanced prostate cancer experiences a reduced sense of smell and taste, a symptom that could cause increased anxiety among patients because it is also a side effec