Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, CXCR4 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated CXCR4 data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher CXCR4 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated CXCR4 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LUAD and LSCC are the cancer types where CXCR4 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.