There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of sex, age, body mass index, physical status class of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, diseases for resection, preoperative liver functional indicators (plasma levels of total bilirubin and albumin, platelet counts, prothrombin time, and indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min), and tumor number and size. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and neoplasm.