TCGAretriever (version 1.7)

get_cancer_types: Retrieve a List of Cancer Types as Defined by the TCGA Guidelines

Description

Retrieve information about the different types of cancer that may be included in TCGA Studies. Information include Identifier and Cancer Name.

Usage

get_cancer_types()

Value

A data.frame with one row per cancer type and two columns

Author

Damiano Fantini,

References

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

Examples

all_canc <- get_cancer_types()
message(paste("There are", nrow(all_canc), "cancer indications..."))