Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, C17orf49 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated C17orf49 data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher C17orf49 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated C17orf49 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LUAD show a favorable association.
PDAC, LSCC, and LUAD are the cancer types where C17orf49 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.