Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, FAM53C mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated FAM53C data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 8 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher FAM53C mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated FAM53C expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LUAD and HNSC show a favorable association.
LUAD and HNSC are the cancer types where FAM53C mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.