CRP and cancer: We analyzed sera collected at different time points, from the same patient, in order to identify trends in the kinetics of hBD2 and CRP levels during the six first days post inflammatory stimuli, as shown in Figure 7A. Inflammatory stimuli included acute myocardial infarction, invasive cancer, trauma, surgical procedure, autoinflammatory disease exacerbation, infection, etc., that was clinically correlated with the observed CRP elevation.