expand_cases: Explode TCGA Case Identifiers from a TCGA Study
Description
Each TCGA Study includes one or more Case Lists, that are lists of sample/patient identifiers. All Case Lists for a Study of Interest are retrieved and the individual case identifiers belonging to each of those lists are exploded and returned.
Usage
expand_cases(csid = NULL)
Arguments
csid
String corresponding to a TCGA Cancer Study identifier
Value
List containing as many elements as TCGA Case Lists available for a given TCGA Study. Each element is a list containing two elements: a) String corresponding to the Id of the case list as defined by TCGA. b)Character vector including all the case Ids belonging to the corresponding Case List.