Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PIGU mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PIGU data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 5 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher PIGU mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PIGU expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and PDAC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, UCEC, and LSCC are the cancer types where PIGU mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.