TCGAretriever (version 1.5)

get_cancer_studies: Retrieve a List of Cancer Studies Available at TCGA

Description

Retrieve information about the different TCGA studies that are available at cBioPortal. Information include a cancer_study_id, a name of the study and a description for each study.

Usage

get_cancer_studies()

Value

Data Frame including one study per row and three columns.

Author

Damiano Fantini,

References

• http://www.biotechworld.it/bioinf/2016/07/11/tcga-data-via-tcgaretriever/

• https://www.data-pulse.com/dev_site/TCGAretriever/

Examples

all_studies <- get_cancer_studies()
message(paste("There are", nrow(all_studies), "studies currently available..."))
if(ncol(all_studies) >= 2) {
  head(all_studies[,1:2])
}