Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ZNF638 mass-spec protein is linked to patient survival in 6 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ZNF638 data layer compared with 29 for mass-spec protein and 10 for mutation status.
The strongest signal is observed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC), where higher ZNF638 mass-spec protein is associated with worse disease-free survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ZNF638 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as PDAC and GBM show a favorable association.
HNSC, PDAC, and GBM are the cancer types where ZNF638 mass-spec protein most reproducibly stratifies survival.