Table 3

Characteristics of HBsAg-positive patients with hepatic dysfunction and without hepatic dysfunction during chemotherapy


Patients with hepatic dysfunction (No = 40) (49.4%)
Patients without hepatic dysfunction (No = 41) (50.6%)
p-value

Sex


0.22
Male
23(57.5)
18(43.9)

Female
17(42.5)
23(56.1)

Age (years)


0.096
≤ 60
28(70)
35(85.4)

> 60
12(30)
6(14.6)

Staging


0.088
I/II
13(32.5)
21(51.2)

III/IV
27(67.5)
20(48.8)

B symptom


0.43
Positive
15(37.5)
12(29.3)

Negative
25(62.5)
29(70.7)

PS


0.41
0,1
38(95)
37(90.2)

2,3,4
2(5)
4(9.8)

LDH


0.75
≤ Normal value
22(55)
24(58.5)

> Normal value
18(45)
17(41.5)

Extranodal sites


0.42
0–1
34(85)
32(78)

> 1
6(15)
9(22)

Liver involvement


0.63
Yes
7(17.5)
5(12.2)

No
33(82.5)
36(87.8)

Spleen involvement


0.50
Yes
12(30)
11(26.8)

No
28(70)
30(73.2)

HBV status prior to CT


0.38
HBsAg(+), HBeAg(+), Anti-HBc(+)
11(27.5)
15(36.6)

HBsAg(+), Anti-HBe(+), Anti-HBc(+)
29(72.5)
26(63.4)

Liver dysfunction prior to CT


0.38
Yes
10(25)
7(17.1)

No
30(75)
34(82.9)

Radiation


0.037
Yes
8(20)
17(41.5)

No
32(80)
24(58.5)

Chemotherapy


0.90
No. Range
2–20
1–13

Median
6
6

Response to front-line chemotherapy


0.26
CR
18(45)
25(61)

PR
19(47.5)
12(29.3)

SD
1(2.5)
3(7.3)

PD
2(5)
1(2.4)


Wang et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:115   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-115