Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, NENF mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated NENF data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher NENF mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated NENF expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, PDAC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where NENF mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.