Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, STK17A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated STK17A data layer compared with 18 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher STK17A mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated STK17A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC show a favorable association.
PDAC, CCRCC, and HNSC are the cancer types where STK17A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.