Open AccessHepatitis B Virus Infection Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Advanced Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Jingyi Peng,
Dongying Li,
Gui-Nan Lin,
Jie Xiao,
ZhongJun Xia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.13.5285
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , hepatitis b virus , hepatocellular carcinoma , lung cancer , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , hepatitis b , multivariate analysis , oncology , immunology , virus
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported to be associated with inferior prognosis in hepatocellular and pancreatic carcinoma cases, but has not been studied with respect to non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of HBV infection in advanced NSCLC patients.