Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CRIPT mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CRIPT data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher CRIPT mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CRIPT expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and GBM show a favorable association.
HNSC, LSCC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where CRIPT mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.