Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, MZT2A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated MZT2A data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher MZT2A mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated MZT2A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LSCC show a favorable association.
PDAC, HNSC, and LSCC are the cancer types where MZT2A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.