Table 5

Comparison of Response in HBsAg-positive patients treated with or without rituximab


Use of rituximab (N = 27) (33.3%)
No rituximab (N = 54) (66.7%)
p-value

Complete response
19 (70.4)
24(44.4)
0.16
Partial response
6 (22.2)
25(46.3)

Stable disease
1(3.7)
3(5.6)

Progressive disease
1(3.7)
2(3.7)


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