Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CNTFR mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CNTFR data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher CNTFR mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CNTFR expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker.
HNSC, UCEC, and LUAD are the cancer types where CNTFR mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.