TCGAretriever

TCGAretriever-package

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a program aimed at improving our understanding 
of Cancer Biology. Several TCGA Datasets are available online. TCGAretriever 
helps accessing and downloading TCGA data via the cBioPortal API. 
Features of TCGAretriever are:<ul>
<li>it is simple and reliable</li>
<li>it is tailored for downloading large volumes of data</li>
</ul>

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The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a program aimed at improving our understanding of Cancer Biology. Several TCGA Datasets are available online. 'TCGAretriever' helps accessing and downloading TCGA data hosted on 'cBioPortal' via its Web Interface (see <http://www.cbioportal.org/> for more information). 'TCGAretriever' is easy to use (get all the TCGA data you need with a few lines of code), enforces reliable data download (via 'httr'), and is suitable for downloading large volumes of data.

Damiano Fantini

Retrieve Genomic and Clinical Data from TCGA

TCGAretriever-package function

Damiano Fantini, <a href="/link/damiano.fantini%40gmail.com?package=TCGAretriever&version=1.5" data-mini-rdoc="TCGAretriever::damiano.fantini@gmail.com">damiano.fantini@gmail.com</a>

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Retrieve Genomic and Clinical Data from cBioPortal — TCGAretriever-package

Damiano Fantini, <a href='mailto:damiano.fantini@gmail.com'>damiano.fantini@gmail.com</a>

TCGAretriever-package: Retrieve Genomic and Clinical Data from cBioPortal

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