Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PHLDB3 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PHLDB3 data layer compared with 29 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher PHLDB3 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PHLDB3 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LSCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, LUAD, and CCRCC are the cancer types where PHLDB3 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.