Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CMC4 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CMC4 data layer compared with 12 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher CMC4 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CMC4 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, HNSC, and UCEC are the cancer types where CMC4 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.