Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ATP7A RNA is linked to patient survival in 26 of 34 cancer types, making it the most broadly survival-associated ATP7A data layer compared with 8 for mutation status and 6 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in mesothelioma (MESO), where higher ATP7A RNA is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ATP7A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as MESO and KIRC show a favorable association.
MESO, KIRC, and LGG are the cancer types where ATP7A RNA most reproducibly stratifies survival.
RNA survival associations by lineage
Ranked by sampling consensus. AUC1 and AUC2 indicate survival in the high- and low-expression groups, respectively; the lower AUC marks the poorer-surviving group. p-values are from the log-rank test.