Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TMEM38B mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 3 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TMEM38B data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher TMEM38B mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TMEM38B expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as CCRCC and LSCC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, LSCC, and GBM are the cancer types where TMEM38B mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.