Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ALDH18A1 Mutation is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ALDH18A1 data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in esophageal carcinoma (ESCA), where higher ALDH18A1 Mutation is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ALDH18A1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as UCEC show a favorable association.
ESCA, GBM, and ACC are the cancer types where ALDH18A1 Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.