Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TK1 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 2 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TK1 data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher TK1 mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TK1 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as LUAD show a favorable association.
PDAC and LUAD are the cancer types where TK1 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.