Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CA12 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CA12 data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher CA12 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CA12 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LSCC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, PDAC, and LUAD are the cancer types where CA12 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.