1Abstract: DATA SOURCES: PubMed and Web of Science were searched using terms: ""hepatitis B virus"", ""HBV drug resistance mutation"", ""HBV
surface protein"", ""HBV truncation"", ""
hepatocellular carcinoma"", ""
rtA181T/
sW172*"", ""
rtM204I/
sW196*"", ""
rtV191I/
sW182*"", and relevant articles published in English in the past decades were reviewed."