Along with that, we didn’t observe any significant differences between the groups regarding serum albumin, serum bilirubin, serum AFP, tumour numbers, tumour size, tumour stage, cirrhosis, HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen), HCV (hepatitis C virus), ICG (indocyanine green) clearances and tumour characteristics (Table 1 and Table 2). Here, ALB is linked to neoplasm.