ALB and Cirrhosis: When the serum albumin level was excluded from multivariate analysis, the significance of the AJCC TNM stage with RFS was similarly noticeable, but the significance of the deletion spanning the pre-S2 gene segment with RFS became more evident, and the association of Child–Pugh cirrhosis score with RFS changed from insignificant to significant, suggesting a dependent relationship between the serum albumin level, Child–Pugh cirrhosis score, and deletion spanning the pre-S2 gene segment.