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Can a really bad taste in mouth be cancer?
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Non-specific.: While any new symptoms, no matter what, deserves an investigation, a bad taste in the mouth would be a rather non-specific finding and would not be directly and specifically indicative of cancer by itself.
Answered 3/1/2016
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