ALB and cancer: Common blood indices, including platelets (P), monocytes (M), neutrophils (N), hemoglobin (Hb), total red blood cell count (R), total white blood cell count (WBC), and serum albumin (ALB), along with its derivatives, NLR, MLR, LMR, PLR, D-NLR, prognostic nutritional value [PNI, 10 × serum ALB (g/dL) + 0.005 × total lymphocyte count], and SIRI (Neutrophil × Platelet/Lymphocyte) may all be reflective of malignant tumor states (Mantovani et al., 2008).