Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, IL22 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated IL22 data layer compared with 19 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher IL22 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated IL22 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LUAD show a favorable association.
HNSC, LUAD, and GBM are the cancer types where IL22 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.