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Could kidney cancer cause fevers, and be mistaken for a kidney infection?
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Maybe: Fever from kidney cancer is not common but can occur and can be associated with some flank pain and blood in the urine.
Answered 5/2/2014
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Yes it can: But only in very advanced metastatic cases
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