Prophylactic lamivudine to improve the outcome of breast cancer patients with HBsAg positive during chemotherapy: A meta-analysis

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Yihu ^a   Zhang, Shengchu ^a,b   Grahn, Hooi Min Tan ^c   Ye, Chao ^d   Gong, Zheng ^b   Zhang, Qiyu ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yichang Central Hospital   (China)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast Neoplasms; Drug Therapy; Drug Toxicity; Hepatitis B Virus; Lamivudine; Meta Analysis; Preventive Medicin

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B (E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 84875888751     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.6496     Document Type: Article

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