Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, MEFV mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated MEFV data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 11 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), where higher MEFV mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated MEFV expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LUAD show a favorable association.
GBM, HNSC, and LUAD are the cancer types where MEFV mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.