Although the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system is currently the most authoritative tool for prognosis prediction, many indicators have been reported to play a role in predicting the short-term or long-term prognosis of gastric cancer patients, such as the neutrophil to platelet ratio (NPR) (6), red cell distribution width (RDW) (7), C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) (8), albumin to fibrinogen ratio (AFR) (9), prognostic nutritional index (PNI) (10), and systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) (11). Here, ALB is linked to gastric cancer.