Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, GDAP1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated GDAP1 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher GDAP1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated GDAP1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as GBM and PDAC show a favorable association.
HNSC, UCEC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where GDAP1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.