Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SMIM13 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SMIM13 data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher SMIM13 mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SMIM13 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and HNSC show a favorable association.
PDAC, HNSC, and LUAD are the cancer types where SMIM13 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.