title: Fever and sweats in the patient with advanced cancer.
abstract: Fever and sweats are common complications of cancer and its treatment. This article reviews potential causes and pathophysiologic mechanisms of fever and sweat. Management recommendations, consisting of primary interventions directed at contributing causes and pathophysiologic mechanisms, and non-specific palliative measures are discussed. Optimal management is contingent on the physician's integration of medical expertise with patient-derived goals of care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe, Box 8, Houston, TX 77030, USA. dzhukovs@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Donna S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Zhukovsky
mesh_terms: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001494:Baths; D001831:Body Temperature; D015984:Causality; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017679:Cryotherapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013546:Sweating / Q000187:drug effects*; D013881:Thioridazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D013004:Somatostatin; D002927:Cimetidine; D013881:Thioridazine