• Zheng Wei, Shanhua Zou, Feng Li, Zhixiang Cheng, Junmin Li, Jianmin Wang, Chun Wang, Fangyuan Chen, Junning Cao, and Yunfeng Cheng.
• Department of Hematology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, China.
• Med. Oncol. 2014 Mar 1; 31 (3): 845.

AbstractThis study mainly focused on the impact of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the prognosis of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients in rituximab era, using a Cox regression model to ascertain the prediction value of the serum HBV marker in survivals. Three hundred and eighty four DLBCL patients treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin/epirubicin, vincristine and prednisone (R-CHOP-like regimens) or CHOP-like regimens were included. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of the patients have or have not received rituximab were analyzed separately. In the CHOP group, HBV infection has not been found a profound impact on the survivals. In the R-CHOP group, PFS and OS were inferior in HBsAg-positive patients (p=0.031 and p=0.006, respectively); after adjusting for International Prognostic Index parameters, HBsAg is an independent unfavorable factor for both PFS (RR=2.492) and OS (RR=2.589).

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