Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, HSD17B13 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 1 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated HSD17B13 data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher HSD17B13 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated HSD17B13 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC are the cancer types where HSD17B13 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.