Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CD37 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CD37 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher CD37 mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CD37 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and HNSC show a favorable association.
LUAD, LSCC, and GBM are the cancer types where CD37 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.