Some of its components, including alanine aminotransferase (ALT), albumin (ALB), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), have been shown to have prognostic values for postoperative pancreatic cancer patients.9, 10 Therefore, to provide better prognostic indicators in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, it is of interest to further dig into parameters of liver function test and identify potential preoperative biomarkers that can predict postoperative survival. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is pancreatic neoplasm.