Of them stage at diagnosis and post-surgery CRP levels were strongly associated with all-cause and CRC-specific mortality (all-cause mortality: stage 3 vs. stage 1 OR (95% CI): 2.65 (1.96, 3.59), p-value 3.0 × 10−10; stage 4 vs. stage 1 OR (95% CI): 14.32 (10.37, 19.77), p-value 8.1 × 10−19; CRP levels >10 mg/l vs. ≤10 mg/l OR(95% CI): 2.13 (1.67, 2.72), p-value 1.1 × 10−9). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.