The unadjusted and adjusted (for baseline characteristics of age, gender, KPS, location of primary tumour in the pancreas, liver metastases, number of target lesions reported, CA19.9, CRP and ANC) PFS HRs were 0.64 (95% CI 0.43–0.95) and 0.65 (95% CI 0.42–1.01), while the OS HRs were 0.63 (95% CI 0.42–0.94) and 0.52 (95% CI 0.32–0.83), respectively. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is neoplasm.