Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PKP1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PKP1 data layer compared with 19 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher PKP1 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PKP1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC and HNSC show a favorable association.
LSCC, HNSC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where PKP1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.