We conclude that psychosocial stress significantly impacts CRP and should be considered when interpreting the meaning of CRP elevations.

While the American Urological Association symptom score is a useful tool for the rapid diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, patients with low education misrepresent their scores more often and to a higher degree, possibly predisposing them to inappropriate care.

Absolute preoperative C-reactive protein is a robust predictor of metastasis and mortality after nephrectomy for localized renal cell carcinoma. Clinicians should consider absolute preoperative C-reactive protein to identify high risk patients for closer surveillance or additional therapy. In addition, predictive algorithms and models of metastasis should consider incorporating C-reactive protein as a continuous variable to maximize predictive ability.

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