Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PIGS mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PIGS data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher PIGS mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PIGS expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LUAD show a favorable association.
CCRCC, PDAC, and UCEC are the cancer types where PIGS mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.