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TCGAretriever (version 1.9.1)

get_genetic_profiles: Retrieve Genetic Profiles for a TCGA Study of Interest

Description

Retrieve Information about all genetic profiles associated with a cancer study of interest. Each cancer study includes one or more types of molecular analyses. The corresponding assays or platforms are referred to as genetic profiles. A genetic profile identifier is required to download molecular data.

Usage

get_genetic_profiles(csid = NULL, dryrun = FALSE)

Value

data.frame including information about genetic profiles.

Arguments

csid

String corresponding to the cancer study id of interest

dryrun

Logical. If TRUE, all other arguments (if any) are ignored and a representative example is returned as output. No Internet connection is required for executing the operation when `dryrun` is TRUE.

Author

Damiano Fantini, damiano.fantini@gmail.com

References

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

Examples

Run this code
# Set `dryrun = FALSE` (default option) in production!
get_genetic_profiles("blca_tcga", dryrun = TRUE)  


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