Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CEP89 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CEP89 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 5 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher CEP89 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CEP89 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC show a favorable association.
LSCC and CCRCC are the cancer types where CEP89 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.