The invention provides a method of prognosis of a subject with a cancer, identifying a subject having a greater risk of having an undiagnosed cancer and/or identifying a subject at greater risk of developing a cancer the method comprising detecting an amount of free light chains (FLC) in a sample from a subject, wherein a higher amount of FLC is associated with decreased survival due to a cancer and/or increased risk of the subject having an undiagnosed cancer and/or having an increased risk of developing a cancer.
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