Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, VIP Mutation is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated VIP data layer compared with 20 for mass-spec protein and 3 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in mesothelioma (MESO), where higher VIP Mutation is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated VIP expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as SKCM show a favorable association.
MESO, COAD, and CESC are the cancer types where VIP Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.