Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ARID1A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ARID1A data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 8 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher ARID1A mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ARID1A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and OV show a favorable association.
HNSC, LSCC, and OV are the cancer types where ARID1A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.