Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PHF21A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PHF21A data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher PHF21A mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PHF21A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LUAD, CCRCC, and LSCC are the cancer types where PHF21A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.