Moreover, CD68+ macrophages infiltrated in para-tumorous specimen of HL group and no BTS group significantly exceeded those in paired cancerous samples (P < 0.001 and 0.015, respectively, Figure 6C) and though it did not reach statistically significance there existed a growing tendency of para-tumorous CD68+ cell numbers from no BTS group, NHL group to HL group (P = 0.201). This evidence concerns the gene CD68 and Hodgkins lymphoma.