In recent years, some inflammation indicators have been found to be associated with prognosis of patients with various cancers, such as CPR, albumin, neutrophils, platelets, lymphocytes27, nutritional index28, Glasgow prognostic score29, NLR30, PI (Prognostic Index), PNI (Prognostic Nutritional Index) and PLR31. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is cancer.