Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, INAVA mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated INAVA data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher INAVA mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated INAVA expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LUAD show a favorable association.
PDAC, HNSC, and LUAD are the cancer types where INAVA mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.