Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ADM mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ADM data layer compared with 27 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher ADM mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ADM expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC, PDAC, and LUAD are the cancer types where ADM mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.