| PD-L1 | Programmed Death-Ligand 1 |
| HRS | Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg |
| cHL | Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma |
| TME | Tumor Immune Microenvironment |
| OS | Overall Survival |
| PFS | Progression-Free Survival |
| EBV | Epstein–Barr Virus |
| H-score | Histologic Score |
| CR | Complete Remission |
| IFN-γ | Interferon Gamma |
| PD-1 | Programmed Cell Death 1 |
| ICIs | Checkpoint Inhibitors |
| R/R | Relapsed/Refractory |
| IQR | Interquartile Range |
| MΦ | Macrophages |
| EBER | Epstein–Barr Virus-Encoded RNA |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| PET-CT | Positron Emission Tomography–Computed Tomography |
| ER | Evidence Ratio |
| CROHEM | Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematologic Diseases |
| NCCN | National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
| ABVD | Chemotherapy protocol: Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine |
| BEACOPP | Bleomycin, Etoposide, Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Procarbazine, and Prednisone |
| OEPA | Vincristine, Etoposide, Prednisone, and doxorubicin |
| DHAP | Cisplatin, Cytarabine, and Dexamethasone |
| ICE | Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide |
| ISH | In Situ Hybridization |
| DAB | 3,3’-diaminobenzidine |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |