Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ICMT mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ICMT data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher ICMT mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ICMT expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LSCC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, PDAC, and LUAD are the cancer types where ICMT mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.