get_clinical_data

Retrieve Information about the Patients included in a TCGA Study of Interest. 
Each patient is associates with a case_id. Each case_id is accompained by a set 
of clinical information that may include sex, age, therapeutic regimen, Tumor Staging, 
vital status and others. NA are allowed.

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).

Damiano Fantini

TCGAretriever

Retrieve Genomic and Clinical Data from CBioPortal Including
TCGA Data

get_clinical_data function

<dl><dt>case_id</dt>
<dd>string corresponding to the case_list identifier of a specific list of cases of interest</dd></dl>

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Damiano Fantini, <a href="/link/damiano.fantini%40gmail.com?package=TCGAretriever&version=1.7" data-mini-rdoc="TCGAretriever::damiano.fantini@gmail.com">damiano.fantini@gmail.com</a>

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Retrieve Clinical Information from a TCGA Study — get_clinical_data

<dl>

<dt>case_id</dt>
<dd>string corresponding to the case_list identifier of a specific list of cases of interest</dd>

</dl>

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

get_clinical_data: Retrieve Clinical Information from a TCGA Study

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