Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TF mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TF data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 7 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher TF mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TF expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC and LUAD show a favorable association.
CCRCC and LUAD are the cancer types where TF mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.