Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ZDHHC20 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ZDHHC20 data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein and 6 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), where higher ZDHHC20 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ZDHHC20 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker.
LSCC, HNSC, and PDAC are the cancer types where ZDHHC20 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.