We used real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) to investigate mRNA expression for interleukin (IL)-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-8, IL-12p35, IL-12p40, IL-13, IL-15, interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) in lymph node tissue from 15 patients with classic Hodgkin's lymphoma (c-HL) and one with lymphocyte predominance (LP) HL.