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Factors associated with hepatic dysfunction in hepatitis B-positive patients with postgastrectomy adenocarcinoma
Jian Xu1, Hong Zhu, Yaqin Zhao
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China.
Abstract:
In the present study, we reviewed 44 postgastrectomy adenocarcinoma patients who had hepatitis B and received treatment in the Abdominal Cancer Department of the West China Hospital between October 2006 and October 2010. Of these patients, 17 developed hepatic dysfunction. Radiotherapy is an independent risk factor to hepatic function on univariate and multivariate analysis. Grade III or IV hepatic dysfunction was developed by five patients, all of whom had received radiotherapy and had reactivated hepatic B virus (HBV). Radiotherapy is a significant risk factor to hepatic function in patients with postgastrectomy adenocarcinoma carrying HBV, thus we suggest excluding the liver from the radiation field. HBV reactivation plays a role in the development of grade III or IV hepatic dysfunction. Patients with reactivated HBV should immediately receive regular antiviral treatment.
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