Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ASPM mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ASPM data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 9 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher ASPM mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ASPM expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and HNSC show a favorable association.
LSCC, LUAD, and HNSC are the cancer types where ASPM mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.