Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PNMA8A Mutation is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PNMA8A data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher PNMA8A Mutation is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PNMA8A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as UCEC show a favorable association.
HNSC, UCEC, and LIHC are the cancer types where PNMA8A Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.