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    Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2001 Oct;50(8):391-6.

    Fever and cancer in perspective.

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    F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Pharma Research, Basel, Switzerland. uwe.hobohm@roche.com

    Abstract

    CONTEXT:

    A relationship between feverish infection and concurrent remission from cancer has been known about for a very long time. However, a systematic investigation of the phenomenon has not yet been made.

    OBJECTIVE:

    To bring together the isolated observations about the coincidence of spontaneous remissions with feverish infections and William Coley's seminal work, as a basis for devising an immunological hypothesis about the putative anti-cancer effect of fever.

    CONCLUSION:

    Fever induction under medical guidance may be considered as part of a therapy regimen for cancers of mesodermal origin.

    PMID:
    11726133
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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