Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ZNF48 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 6 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ZNF48 data layer compared with 26 for mass-spec protein and 4 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), where higher ZNF48 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ZNF48 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as HNSC and LSCC show a favorable association.
PDAC, HNSC, and UCEC are the cancer types where ZNF48 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.