ALB and cancer: Previously, in large cohort studies, a number of biochemical parameters (other than C-reactive protein and albumin that compose the mGPS) including bilirubin (Temme et al, 2001), Alk phos (Tonelli et al, 2009), GGT (Kazemi-Shirazi et al, 2007) and calcium (Leifsson and Ahren, 1996), have been reported to predict overall and cancer-specific survival.