Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, KBTBD7 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated KBTBD7 data layer compared with 27 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher KBTBD7 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated KBTBD7 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LSCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, LUAD, and PDAC are the cancer types where KBTBD7 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.