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Old 04-22-2012, 12:32 PM   #1
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Cold comfort in quest for cancer cure

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Old 04-22-2012, 04:02 PM   #2
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Re: Cold comfort in quest for cancer cure

thanks for posting that- very interesting. I am just now at the end of my treatments, and have been suffering for the past month with 2 different cold/flu bugs I caught- instead of being bummed out about being sick, again, maybe I should be happy!
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Old 04-22-2012, 11:46 PM   #3
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Re: Cold comfort in quest for cancer cure

Wouldn't it put a new spin on things if cancer patients sought out flu/fever scenarios? In an entirely unscientific scenario, my mom, with faltering met burdened liver, seemingly bounced back from a neutropenic dance after a single Taxol dose that landed her in a hospital. No further treatment as markers dropped during recovery. Of course, a failing liver can amplify a chemo dose so we will never know what actually happened..but worth thinking about.
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Old 04-23-2012, 02:21 AM   #4
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Re: Cold comfort in quest for cancer cure

I too am happy then for my current cold!
Isn't this the theory behind the "alternative" hyperthermia treatment - to fool the body into thinking it has a fever to stimulate an immune response?
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