ALB and cancer: While our data support in part previous findings reporting an association between serum albumin and cardiovascular mortality5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 indicating, in particular, that such relationship is independent from confounding factors and detectable only in old population, the relationship between serum albumin and cancer-related mortality in old population is novel, if compared to the scarce and equivocal data so far reported.