of borderline significancep = 0.07
The expression levels of CD68 protein, measured by IHC associated with advanced tumor stage, however this association was of borderline significance ( p = 0.07). on the other hand, no significant association was found between CD68 expression (either by IHC, FCM, or Rt-PCR) and age, gender, pathological subtypes, B symptoms, IPS, bulky disease, or in all tested cases ( p > 0.05, Table 2 & Table 3 , Fig. 3 ).