Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, BEND3 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated BEND3 data layer compared with 27 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher BEND3 mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated BEND3 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC, PDAC, and HNSC are the cancer types where BEND3 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.