Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, POLRMT mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated POLRMT data layer compared with 21 for mass-spec protein and 7 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher POLRMT mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated POLRMT expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LSCC show a favorable association.
LSCC, PDAC, and UCEC are the cancer types where POLRMT mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.