NT-proBNP concentrations above the reference range were associated with greater odds for unfavorable discharge outcome in univariate analyses (HR = 2.529; 95%CI [1.292–4.950], p = 0.007) and after adjusting for patients’ age, gender and tumor histological diagnosis (HR = 2.268 95%CI [1.043.493], p = 0.039). This evidence concerns the gene NPPB and neoplasm.