ALB and neoplasm: Univariate analysis showed that age, tumor size, pathological type, surgical method, T stage, N stage, TNM stage, neural invasion, lymphatic vascular invasion, number of lymph nodes harvested (LNH), preoperative total protein (TP), hemoglobin (HB), albumin (ALB), preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), preoperative cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), CA125, AFP levels, monocyte count, lymphocyte count, red blood cell (RBC) count and platelet count were considered as potential variables.