C-reactive protein level is a prognostic indicator for survival and improves the predictive ability of the R-IPI score in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients.

Troppan KT, Schlick K, Deutsch A, Melchardt T, Egle A, Stojakovic T, Beham-Schmid C, Weiss L, Neureiter D, Wenzl K, Greil R, Neumeister P, Pichler M.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24874478