Some reports have shown the positive effects of an energy intake of 30 to 35 kcal/kg/day and a protein intake of 1.2 to 2.0 g/kg/day in patients with head and neck cancer during CCRT on the maintenance of BW and improvement of serum albumin levels during treatment [32,52,54,57,58], but the effect on prognosis has seldom been assessed [54,57]. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is head and neck cancer.