CRP and neoplasm: Nevertheless, it has to be mentioned that patients with one or more than one characteristic missing (including CRP, fibrinogen, NLR, de Perrot stage, and resection margins; n = 85) did not differ significantly from the group of patients with all parameters available (n = 40; data not shown) with regard to age, sex, tumor dignity, de Perrot stage, tumor size and resection margins.