Across TCGA pan-cancer cohorts, ZSCAN22 Mutation is linked to patient survival in 4 of 34 cancer types, making it a survival-associated ZSCAN22 data layer compared with 24 for mass-spec protein.
The strongest signal is observed in skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM), where higher ZSCAN22 Mutation is associated with worse overall survival. In most high-consensus cancer types, elevated ZSCAN22 expression acts as an unfavorable survival marker, although some lineages such as STAD show a favorable association.
SKCM, STAD, and PRAD are the cancer types where ZSCAN22 Mutation most reproducibly stratifies survival.