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As a result, more accurate prognosis-related predictive biomarkers must be investigated urgently to detect patients\u2019 disease status after surgery.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Data from FerrDb were obtained to identify ferroptosis-related genes, and ACC gene expression profiles were collected from the GEO database to find differentially expressed ACC ferroptosis-related genes using differential expression analysis. The DEFGs were subjected to Gene Ontology gene enrichment analysis and KEGG signaling pathway enrichment analysis. PPI network building and predictive analysis were used to filter core genes. The expression of critical genes in ACC pathological stage and pan-cancer was then investigated. In recent years, immune-related factors, DNA repair genes, and methyltransferase genes have been employed in diagnosing and prognosis of different malignancies. Cancer cells are mutated due to DNA repair genes, and highly expressed DNA repair genes promote cancer. Dysregulation of methyltransferase genes and Immune-related factors, which are shown to be significantly expressed in numerous malignancies, also plays a crucial role in cancer. As a result, we investigated the relationship of AURKA with immunological checkpoints, DNA repair genes, and methyltransferases in pan-cancer.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Result:<\/jats:bold> The DEGs found in the GEO database were crossed with ferroptosis-related genes, yielding 42 differentially expressed ferroptosis-related genes. Six of these 42 genes, particularly AURKA, are linked to the prognosis of ACC. AURKA expression was significantly correlated with poor prognosis in patients with multiple cancers, and there was a significant positive correlation with Th2 cells. Furthermore, AURKA expression was positively associated with tumor immune infiltration in Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC), Sarcoma (SARC), Esophageal carcinoma (ESCA), and Stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD), but negatively correlated with the immune score, matrix score, and calculated score in these tumors. Further investigation into the relationship between AURKA expression and immune examination gene expression revealed that AURKA could control the tumor-resistant pattern in most tumors by regulating the expression level of specific immune examination genes.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> AURKA may be an independent prognostic marker for predicting ACC patient prognosis. 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