As shown in Figure 2C, parameters indicating inflammation or (general) tumor load, such as white blood cell count (WBC, median 7.9 G/L in positive vs. 8.3 in negative patients), C-reactive protein (CRP, median 14 versus 8 mg/L), or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH, median 216 versus 234 U/L) did not significantly differ between YB-1/p18 positive and negative patients (P > 0.05, U-test). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and neoplasm.