There was no major difference in the distribution of age (p = 0.75), gender (p = 0.76), preoperative leucocytes (p = 0.11), hemoglobin (p = 0.59), platelets (p = 0.45), albumin (p = 0.33), total bilirubin (p = 0.42), CA19-9 (p = 0.90), operating time (p = 0.24), tumor differentiation (p = 0.24), tumor size (p = 0.18), lymph node metastasis (p = 0.62), postoperative complications (p = 0.12), or hospital-stay (p = 0.37) among the two groups. Here, ALB is linked to metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.