canceR (version 1.4.0)

getCases: Get cases for selected Studies. The Cases are the descrption of the samples from patients. The samples can be subdivided by the type of assays as, sequencing, CNA, Mutation, Methylation.

Description

Get cases for selected Studies. The Cases are the descrption of the samples from patients. The samples can be subdivided by the type of assays as, sequencing, CNA, Mutation, Methylation.

Usage

getCases()

Value

a dataframe with cases

Examples

 # Create CGDS object
 cgds<-CGDS("http://www.cbioportal.org/public-portal/")
 # Get list of cancer studies at server
 Studies <- getCancerStudies(cgds)[,2]
 # Get available case lists (collection of samples) for a given cancer study
 mycancerstudy <- getCancerStudies(cgds)[2,1]
 mycaselist <- getCaseLists(cgds,mycancerstudy)[1,1]
## Not run: 
#   ##getCases()
#   ## End(Not run)