TES and pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A novel prognostic risk model was successfully constructed based on the eight-gene signature comprising JMJD6, NDST1, ENO3, LDHA, TES, ANKZF1, CITED, and SIAH2, which could accurately predict the 1-, 3-, and 5-year OS of PAAD patients in both the training and external validation datasets.