CRP and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: Preoperatively elevated serum CRP levels have been shown to be associated with increased incidences of liver metastases, peritoneal carcinomatosis, histopathologic lymph nodes metastasis, intravascular invasion, and detrimental 1-, 2- and 3-year survival rates in CRC [13], and these results have been supported by others [14].