Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, GAD2 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated GAD2 data layer compared with 18 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher GAD2 mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated GAD2 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as GBM show a favorable association.
PDAC and GBM are the cancer types where GAD2 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.