They identified 495 patients with hyperferritinemia; their mean age was 57 years, the median ferritin level was 9128 μg/L (range 5013–1,133,280 μg/L), median CRP was 104 mg/L (range 1–614 mg/L) and 78% of the patients had a history of cancer. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is cancer.