Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, TYK2 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated TYK2 data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 12 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher TYK2 mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated TYK2 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and LSCC show a favorable association.
PDAC, CCRCC, and LSCC are the cancer types where TYK2 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.