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Title: 'Early FDG‐PET' predicts clinical course of Hodgkin's lymphoma although does not correlate with macrophages infiltration in diagnostic specimens. (Conference abstract) Aim To verify the prognostic role both of "early‐FDG PET" and of macrophagic infiltration, and to test if "early‐FDG PET" positivity could correlate with high macrophagic infiltration in diagnostic specimens Study design Retrospective, February 2007 to July 2010 Country/treatment centre(s) Italy (Siena and Florence haematology departments) Number of included participants 52 Inclusion criteria Diagnosed HL Exclusion criteria Not reported Treatment 4 to 6 cycles of ABVD with or without IFRT Primary outcome measure(s) Complete remission CD68 expression