ALB and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: GNRI was significantly associated with BMI (p < 0.0001), tumor size (p = 0.0473), depth of tumor (p = 0.0071), lymph node metastasis (p = 0.0076), intraoperative blood loss (p = 0.0191), serum albumin levels (p < 0.0001), and CRP levels (p = 0.0019) (Table 3C).