HALP score, composed of lymphocytes, albumin, hemoglobin and platelets, has recently been employed for predicting the prognosis of patients suffering from different forms of cancers (Guo et al., 2019; Xu et al., 2020; Peng et al., 2018; Yang et al., 2020; Fang et al., 2023). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is cancer.