Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, PMVK mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated PMVK data layer compared with 21 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher PMVK mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated PMVK expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LUAD show a favorable association.
HNSC, LUAD, and CCRCC are the cancer types where PMVK mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.