Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, HIKESHI mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 6 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated HIKESHI data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC), where higher HIKESHI mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated HIKESHI expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and HNSC show a favorable association.
UCEC, CCRCC, and LUAD are the cancer types where HIKESHI mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.