Letter: hepatitis B virus infection and risk of multiple myeloma—a meta‐analysis of cohort studies. Authors' reply

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Letter: hepatitis B virus infection and risk of multiple myeloma—a meta‐analysis of cohort studies

“…In fact, a previous meta-analysis of nine case-control studies also demonstrated that HBV infection was not significantly associated with the development of MM (odds ratio = 1.3; 95% CI: 0.92-1.82; P = 0.14). 10 Besides, there is still no study elucidating the biologic role of HBV in the development of MM. Therefore, more prospective studies and basic research are needed to establish any relationship between HBV and MM.…”