If a Cancer Patient Develops a Fever of 104°F, It

question 44

Multiple Choice

If a cancer patient develops a fever of 104°F, it is likely that a physician will prescribe a treatment to lower the patient's temperature because

• A) cancer treatments and hyperthermia are always a dangerous combination.
• B) a fever is never advantageous for a cancer patient.
• C) this is close to the highest temperature the body's cells can survive.
• D) crystals are likely to form that will damage cell structures.
• E) hypothermia is a safer condition than hyperthermia.

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