Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, MDK Mutation is linked to patient survival in 1 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated MDK data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 7 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in cervical squamous cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma (CESC), where higher MDK Mutation is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated MDK expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker.
CESC are the cancer types where MDK Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.