Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TEC mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TEC data layer compared with 21 for mass-spec protein and 5 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher TEC mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TEC expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as GBM show a favorable association.
CCRCC, LUAD, and GBM are the cancer types where TEC mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.