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. 2022 Dec 31;31(1):93. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07525-1

Table 3.

Viral-related changes in treatment by 6 months in patients with HBV, HCV, or HIV infectiona

Chronic HBV (n = 15) Past HBV (n = 158) HCV (n = 49) HIV (n = 30)
Change in treatment due to viral infection
  Yes 2 (14) 12 (8) 3 (7) 5 (21)
  No 12 (86) 134 (92) 42 (93) 19 (79)
  Unknown/missing 1 12 4 6
  Type of changeb
  Reduction of chemotherapy dose 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Omission of anticancer treatment due to viral infection 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Addition of antiviral/antiretroviral therapy 2 (14) 8 (5) 1 (2) 4 (17)
  Other change 0 (0) 6 (4) 2 (4) 1 (4)
Change in treatment due to end organ effects of viral infection
  Yes 1 (7) 4 (3) 2 (5) 1 (4)
  No 13 (93) 141 (97) 40 (95) 25 (96)
  Unknown/missing 1 13 7 4
  Type of change
  Reduction of chemotherapy dose 0 (0) 1 (1) 1 (2) 0 (0)
  Omission of anticancer treatment due to viral infection 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0)
  Addition of antiviral/antiretroviral therapy 1 (7) 2 (1) 0 (0) 1 (4)
  Other change 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Abbreviations: HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus

aValues in table are number of patients (percentage)

bPatients may have had more than 1 change in treatment