In the Cox proportional hazard model, we found that the patients’ age (HR: 1.07, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.044–1.096, p < 0.001), sex (HR: 0.615, 95% CI: 0.386–0.98, p = 0.041), weight loss more than 10% in the prior 3 months (HR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.126–4.698, p = 0.022), albumin less than 35 g/L (HR: 1.907, 95% CI: 1.058–3.438, p = 0.032), and hematocrit value less than 37% (HR: 5.353, 95% CI: 3.419–8.380, p < 0.001) were correlated with the risk of death of cardia cancer patients after IEC (Table 2). Here, ALB is linked to cardia cancer.