Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, OTUD7B mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated OTUD7B data layer compared with 28 for mass-spec protein and 8 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher OTUD7B mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated OTUD7B expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LUAD show a favorable association.
HNSC, LSCC, and LUAD are the cancer types where OTUD7B mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.