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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.
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Hobohm, U. Fever and cancer in perspective. Cancer Immunol Immunother 50, 391–396 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002620100216
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002620100216