Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SMOC1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SMOC1 data layer compared with 21 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), where higher SMOC1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SMOC1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC show a favorable association.
LUAD, UCEC, and LSCC are the cancer types where SMOC1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.