Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, UNC13D mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated UNC13D data layer compared with 29 for mass-spec protein and 7 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher UNC13D mass-spec protein is associated with better overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated UNC13D expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and CCRCC show a favorable association.
HNSC, LSCC, and CCRCC are the cancer types where UNC13D mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.