Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RAB7A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated RAB7A data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher RAB7A mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated RAB7A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC show a favorable association.
HNSC, LUAD, and CCRCC are the cancer types where RAB7A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.