Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SHH mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 1 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SHH data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), where higher SHH mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SHH expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker.
GBM are the cancer types where SHH mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.