Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, NADK mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated NADK data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher NADK mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated NADK expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LUAD show a favorable association.
PDAC, LUAD, and HNSC are the cancer types where NADK mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.