Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, KRT78 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated KRT78 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), where higher KRT78 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated KRT78 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as GBM and LSCC show a favorable association.
GBM, LSCC, and HNSC are the cancer types where KRT78 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.