ALB and cancer: In addition, it has been well verified that serum ALB level is a valuable and independent biomarker for a broad range of human diseases, including cancer, chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, ischemic stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, severe acute graft-versus-host disease, post-menopausal obesity, and the diseases that require glycemic control [12,13,14,15].