CRP and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: On univariate analysis, the number of organs involved (p = 0.021), lymph node metastases (p = 0.015), histological subtype (p < 0.001), c.Ca2+ (p < 0.001), albumin (p = 0.004), CRP (p < 0.001) and mGPS (p < 0.001) were predictive of tSACT (Table 3).