Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, COL3A1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated COL3A1 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 9 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher COL3A1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated COL3A1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as UCEC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, LSCC, and COAD are the cancer types where COL3A1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.