Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SAYSD1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SAYSD1 data layer compared with 21 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher SAYSD1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SAYSD1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and GBM show a favorable association.
HNSC, LSCC, and PDAC are the cancer types where SAYSD1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.