No statistically significant differencew was found between mortality and sex, age, nationality, disease severity, hospital length of stay, cancer type (leukemia/lymphoma or solid tumors), neutropenia, severe neutropenia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, hyponatremia, hypokalemia, and high levels of CRP, ESR, and procalcitonin. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Decreased total neutrophil count.