of spontaneous regressions from cancer occurring after a fever brought on by infection, suggesting a possible causal connection. If this coincidence in time would be a causal connection, it should as well precipitate as prophylactic effect, i.e. feverish infections should lower the risk to develop cancer later. This could be confirmed by collecting epidemiological studies. Reviews Rohdenburg (1918) summarized 185 spontaneous regressions Fauvet reported 202 cases between 1960 and 1964 Boyd reported 98 cases in 1966 Everson and Cole described 176 cases between 1900 and 1960 Challis summarized 489 cases between 1900 and 1987 O'Regan Brendan, Carlyle Hirschberg collected over 3,500 references from the medical literature Hobohm, in a meta-analysis, investigated about 1000 cases Turner, in a qualitative research study, conducted interviews with 20 patients with spontaneous remissions Surviving Against All Odds - re sole survivor in "a gamma interferon study" References Further reading Uwe Hobohm: Healing Heat, 2014, Uwe Hobohm: Harnessing Infection to Fight Cancer, American Scientist January–February 2009 The Body Can Beat Terminal Cancer — Sometimes. Discover Magazine, September 2007 External links Spontaneous remissions and an immunological explanation Medical terminology Oncology