TF and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: In multivariate analysis, high age (P < .001), Glasgow Prognostic Score (P = .009), and low transferrin (HR 2.336, 95% CI 1.173‐4.654, P = .011) were independently associated with shorter OS, and depth of invasion pT4 (P = .015), presence of lymph node metastasis (P = .001), low hemoglobin (P = .034), and low transferrin (HR 2.638, 95% CI 1.113‐5.043, P = .025) were independently associated with shorter CSS.