ObjectiveTo study the efficacy and safety of rituximab combined with chemotherapy (R-CHOP regimen) in the treatment of non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma (NHL) patients complicated with HBV infection.Methods32 B-cell NHL patients were divided into two groups,group A (patients with HBV infection,n=12),and group B (patients without HBV infection,n=20).All of them were treated with R-CHOP regimen for four to six cycles from 2004 to 2010 and the group A was treated with lamivudine antiviral treatment before R-CHOP treatment.The duration of liver dysfunction and the efficacy of the treatment regimen were observed.ResultsThe complete response rate was 83.3% in group A,while 85.0% in group B (P>0.05).Ⅰ-Ⅱ class live function impairment was 16.7% in group A,and 15.0% in group B (P>0.05).Both two groups had not hepatitis B reactivation occurred.ConclusionNHL patients complicated with HBV infection,when treated with preventive anti-virus therapy before chemotherapy can decrease hepatitis B reactivation.