Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, SUN5 Mutation is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated SUN5 data layer compared with 14 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in esophageal carcinoma (ESCA), where higher SUN5 Mutation is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated SUN5 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as SKCM show a favorable association.
ESCA, LIHC, and PRAD are the cancer types where SUN5 Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.