Patients with hepatitis B infection twice as likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 17:35
in Health & Medicine
A South Korean study has shown that patients infected with hepatitis B (HBV) are around twice as likely to develop a common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This is the conclusion of an Article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology, written by Dr Eric Engels, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA, and Prof Sun Ha Jee, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues.