CRP and Hypoalbuminemia: The patient cohort undergoing palliative surgery had a higher proportion of males (p = 0.002), raised serum CRP measurements (p = 0.003), hypoalbuminaemia (p = 0.024), higher mGPS (p = 0.001), and a fewer patients had undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.024, supplementary table 1).