Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CACNA2D2 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CACNA2D2 data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 5 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher CACNA2D2 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CACNA2D2 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LUAD and PDAC show a favorable association.
LUAD, HNSC, and PDAC are the cancer types where CACNA2D2 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.