High Temperature In Cancer Patients. Venous thromboembolism vte is an important diagnosis that may cause fever in the cancer patient and should be considered in any patient without clear evidence of infection associated fever. With chills or shivering.
In general call your doctor if you have a fever. Many tumor histologies have been linked to venous thrombosis but adenocarcinomas of the breast lung prostate alimentary tract and kidney are most common. A fever during chemotherapy treatment is an emergency.
Introduction clinically significant fever is defined as an increase in body temperature generally 38 5 c in conjunction with an elevation of the hypothalamic set point hyperthermia is an uncontrolled elevation in body temperature without a change in the thermoregulatory center.
If this happens make sure you. Cancer and fever a fever means your body temperature is higher than normal. Go to an emergency room if instructed by your oncologist. And you can t take in or keep in any fluids.
