Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TFEB Mutation is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TFEB data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 5 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher TFEB Mutation is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TFEB expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as UCEC and SKCM show a favorable association.
HNSC, UCEC, and LUSC are the cancer types where TFEB Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.