Hepatitis B reactivation and timing for prophylaxis
2015
It is known that immunotherapy and cancer chemotherapy may cause hepatitis B virus(HBV)reactivation in hepatitis B surface antigen carriers and inactive chronic hepatitis B patients.Guidelines recommend antiviral prophylaxis regardless of HBV DNA levels to prevent reactivation.We read from the article written by Liu et al that Lamivudine was given inadequate time for antiviral prophylaxis.
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