Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CLEC4E mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CLEC4E data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher CLEC4E mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CLEC4E expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC and PDAC are the cancer types where CLEC4E mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.