Additionally, low serum albumin, elevated tumour markers CA19-9 and CEA, as well as a larger lymph-node ratio (LNR, N0 / ≤ 0.2 / > 0.2), no adjuvant chemotherapy, and R1 resection margin status were associated independently with a grim postoperative outcome. This evidence concerns the gene CEACAM5 and neoplasm.