ALB and neoplasm: In previous reports, some associated clinicopathological factors with respect to patient prognosis were older age, preoperative albumin status, gastric outlet obstruction, surgical resection margin status (R0), node metastasis, poor differentiation, perineural invasion, lymphovascular infiltration, tumor stage and adjuvant chemotherapy [1], [2], [14], and the independent factors were supposed to be tumor stage and R0 resection status.