Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, RNF38 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated RNF38 data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher RNF38 mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated RNF38 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC show a favorable association.
PDAC and HNSC are the cancer types where RNF38 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.