Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SMARCB1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SMARCB1 data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher SMARCB1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SMARCB1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LSCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, PDAC, and LSCC are the cancer types where SMARCB1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.