Interestingly, in TCGA, eEF2K mRNA expression showed no difference between PAAD patients and normal tissues, but eEF2K mRNA was associated with the pathological staging of PAAD, which may be related to the fact that there were no more than 200 cases of PAAD in TCGA, with only 4 cases in normal tissues. This evidence concerns the gene EEF2K and pancreatic adenocarcinoma.