Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, FEM1A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated FEM1A data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher FEM1A mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated FEM1A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC, LUAD, and GBM are the cancer types where FEM1A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.