CRP and colorectal carcinoma: Systemic inflammatory markers have been introduced as an integrative method to measure systemic immunity.12 These markers include inflammation-associated cell enumeration or serum inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP).13 Inflammatory markers, such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), have been shown to be practical metrics for determining the prognosis in CRC.14–16