Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TMEM176A mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TMEM176A data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher TMEM176A mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TMEM176A expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC and LSCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, CCRCC, and LSCC are the cancer types where TMEM176A mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.