ALB and malignant colon neoplasm: Studies have confirmed that a decrease in serum ALB levels is closely related to poor prognosis in patients with colon cancer, lung cancer, and other malignant tumors.[14,15] Although the ALB/ALP ratio has been extensively studied in malignant tumors,[16,17] studies on the association between ALB and ALP are limited, especially in patients with malignant tumors.