While nutritional status assessment using controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score2 based on serum level of albumin (Alb), total-cholesterol (T-chol), and total lymphocyte count (TLC) has been shown to predict prognosis of elderly patients with solid tumors and hematological malignancies such as multiple myeloma and malignant lymphoma3–8, its prognostic significance in elderly patients with AML remains to be clarified. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is hematologic disorder.