Nystrom, Lynn A.2015-10-292015-10-292006-09-26http://hdl.handle.net/10919/59688About two million cancer patients currently receiving certain drug therapies and chemotherapy will consume foods and beverages and find the taste to have a foul metallic flavor, according to a medical study. In general, more than 40 percent of hospitalized patients suffer from malnutrition due to taste and smell dysfunction.In CopyrightCollege of EngineeringPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations