Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CRABP2 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CRABP2 data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher CRABP2 mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CRABP2 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and CCRCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, PDAC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where CRABP2 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.