Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, USP22 Mutation is linked to patient survival in 5 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated USP22 data layer compared with 25 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC), where higher USP22 Mutation is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated USP22 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as UCEC show a favorable association.
LUSC, STAD, and ESCA are the cancer types where USP22 Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.