Comprehensive evaluation of taste dysfunction in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a combined subjective and objective assessment

The discrepancy between subjective and objective assessments of taste dysfunction highlights that taste perception is regulated by multifactorial and complex mechanisms. Intensive supportive care, which is often provided to severely ill patients, may offer psychological reassurance that indirectly improves self-reported taste symptoms. Whether umami sensitivity is influenced by systemic factors such as GI-GVHD requires further study.