ALB and hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm: In the multivariate analysis only age, the primary cancer, and albumin were significantly associated with survival (Table 5): patients older than 63 years old (the median age) had a lower survival relative to the younger ones; head and neck, colorectal, thyroid, and hematological cancers had a higher survival rate and lung cancer a lower rate compared with the reference category—stomach cancer.