Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, FAM204A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated FAM204A data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher FAM204A mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated FAM204A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC and LUAD are the cancer types where FAM204A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.