Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SMG9 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SMG9 data layer compared with 23 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher SMG9 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SMG9 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker.
PDAC, CCRCC, and LSCC are the cancer types where SMG9 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.