Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ABCB6 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 6 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ABCB6 data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher ABCB6 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ABCB6 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, LUAD, and PDAC are the cancer types where ABCB6 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.