Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TMEM14A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TMEM14A data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 2 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher TMEM14A mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TMEM14A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LSCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, LSCC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where TMEM14A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.