Hepatitis screening and management before rituximab administration
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nataliya Mar; Jeffrey S. Wasser; Lisa M. Holle; Karen Hook
- Source
- Journal of Clinical Oncology. 33:e17747-e17747
- Subject
- Cancer Research
business.industry
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
medicine.disease
Hepatitis B screening
Oncology
Rituximab therapy
Immunology
Medicine
Rituximab
business
Hepatitis screening
medicine.drug
- Language
- ISSN
- 1527-7755
0732-183X
e17747 Background: Rituximab therapy is associated with hepatitis B and, possibly, hepatitis C reactivation. Multiple guidelines recommend hepatitis B screening of patients being considered for ant...