Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, KDM7A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated KDM7A data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 5 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher KDM7A mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated KDM7A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and HNSC show a favorable association.
LSCC and HNSC are the cancer types where KDM7A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.