Negative effect of hepatitis in overall and progression-free survival among patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most prevalent and serious infections worldwide. HBV reactivation is a serious complication for lymphoma patients who are being treated with rituximab-containing regimen. Since the impact of HBV has not been fully evaluated on the prognosis o...

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Main Authors: Mubarak M. Al-Mansour, Saif A. Alghamdi, Musab A. Alsubaie, Abdullah A. Alesa, Muhammad A. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-018-0190-9