We found that the 14-gene-based prognostic model, utilizing MAPK4, TNS4, WFDC2, FSTL3, ITGA2, KLK11, PHLDB2, VGLL3, SNX30, KCNQ3, SMAD9, ANGPTL4, LAMA3, and STK32A, performed well in predicting the prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma. This evidence concerns the gene SNX30 and lung adenocarcinoma.