Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, NDUFS2 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated NDUFS2 data layer compared with 21 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher NDUFS2 mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated NDUFS2 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and CCRCC show a favorable association.
PDAC, CCRCC, and HNSC are the cancer types where NDUFS2 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.