For example, women aged 50-59 years with low albumin levels were diagnosed as having cancers of the following types or site (in rank order): lung, bowel, breast, renal tract, stomach or oesophagus, lymphoma, pancreas, ovarian, other, hepatobiliary, myeloma, uterine, head and neck, melanoma of skin, bone and connective tissue, central nervous system, and leukaemia (fig 5). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is melanoma.