Cold comfort in quest for cancer cure

[Rich66]

http://www.theage.com.au/national/health/cold-comfort-in-quest-for-cancer-cure-20120421-1xeao.html

[turtle]

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!

[Rich66]

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.

[Mandamoo]

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?