Concepción Fernández-Rodríguez, Juan José Rodríguez-Sevilla, Lierni Fernández-Ibarrondo, Blanca Sánchez-González, Joan Gibert, Leire Bento, Juan Fernando García, Juan Manuel Sancho, Ramón Diez-Feijóo, Laura Camacho, Montserrat García-Retortillo, Eva Gimeno, Luis Colomo, Antonio Gutiérrez, Beatriz Bellosillo, Antonio Salar
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated the association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), mainly for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL). We studied a cohort of 121 patients with FL for HBV infection status, clinical features, and gene mutational profile. Anti-HBc was detectable in 16 patients (13.2%), although all had undetectable HBV DNA. Anti-HBcore+ (anti-HBc+) cases presented with older age at diagnosis than anti-HBc- cases (68...
January 11, 2022: Blood Advances