Hepatitis B reactivation during glioblastoma treatment with temozolomide: a cautionary note

MeSH terms

• Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / adverse effects
• Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy*
• DNA, Viral / blood
• DNA, Viral / drug effects
• Dacarbazine / adverse effects
• Dacarbazine / analogs & derivatives*
• Glioblastoma / drug therapy*
• Hepatitis B / chemically induced*
• Hepatitis B / immunology
• Hepatitis B / physiopathology
• Humans
• Immunocompromised Host / immunology
• Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
• Lamivudine / therapeutic use
• Liver / drug effects
• Liver / physiopathology
• Liver / virology
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Patient Selection
• Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
• Risk Factors
• Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
• Spinal Neoplasms / therapy
• Temozolomide
• Treatment Outcome
• Viral Load
• Virus Activation / drug effects
• Virus Activation / genetics