Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SCARF1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SCARF1 data layer compared with 28 for mass-spec protein and 10 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher SCARF1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SCARF1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC show a favorable association.
PDAC, UCEC, and HNSC are the cancer types where SCARF1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.