Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ZFAND2B mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 6 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ZFAND2B data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 7 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher ZFAND2B mass-spec protein is associated with better disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ZFAND2B expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and UCEC show a favorable association.
HNSC, PDAC, and UCEC are the cancer types where ZFAND2B mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.