Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, UGDH mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated UGDH data layer compared with 22 for mass-spec protein and 1 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), where higher UGDH mass-spec protein is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated UGDH expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as UCEC show a favorable association.
CCRCC, GBM, and HNSC are the cancer types where UGDH mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.