Apart from the NLR, other agents responsible for the pro-cancer inflammatory microenvironment are represented by high LDH and C-reactive protein levels; these markers are also evaluated in different scores in combination with other factors that are classically linked to poor prognosis in solid tumors, NSCLC included, like hypoalbuminemia and low platelet count [100,101,102,103,104,105]. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is cancer.