CEACAM5 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: Univariate analysis showed that alanine aminotransferase (ALT), ALB, PLR, CEA and CA19-9, tumor number, VI and lymph node metastasis were significantly associated with the OS, while just the ALB, PLR, CA19-9, tumor number, VI and lymph node metastasis could independently predict the OS in multivariate analysis (Table 2).