Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RAB7A RNA is linked to patient survival in 24 of 34 cancer types, making it the most broadly survival-associated RAB7A data layer compared with 1 for mutation status and 5 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC), where higher RAB7A RNA is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated RAB7A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as KIRC and UVM show a favorable association.
KIRC, LIHC, and PAAD are the cancer types where RAB7A RNA most reproducibly stratifies survival.
RNA survival associations by lineage
Ranked by sampling consensus. AUC1 and AUC2 indicate survival in the high- and low-expression groups, respectively; the lower AUC marks the poorer-surviving group. p-values are from the log-rank test.