Hepatitis B virus reactivation in cancer patients with positive Hepatitis B surface antigen undergoing PD-1 inhibition

Hepatitis B virus reactivation in cancer patients with positive Hepatitis B surface antigen undergoing PD-1 inhibition

Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a serious complication in patients with cancers and HBV infection undergoing immunosuppressant treatment or chemotherapy. However, the safety of anti-programmed cell death (PD) -1 and anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) therapy in t...

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Main Authors: Xuanye Zhang, Yixin Zhou, Chen Chen, Wenfeng Fang, Xiuyu Cai, Xiaoshi Zhang, Ming Zhao, Bei Zhang, Wenqi Jiang, Zuan Lin, Yuxiang Ma, Yunpeng Yang, Yan Huang, Hongyun Zhao, Ruihua Xu, Shaodong Hong, Li Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Subjects:
PD-1
PD-L1
Immunotherapy
Checkpoint
Cancer
Hepatitis B virus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40425-019-0808-5

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