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Table 1 Summary of functions to extract built-in data

From: TCGAplot: an R package for integrative pan-cancer analysis and visualization of TCGA multi-omics data

Function name

Function

get_tpm(cancer)

Extract the TPM matrix of a specific type of cancer in TCGA. eg, get_tpm("COAD")

get_paired_tpm(cancer)

Extract the TPM matrix of a specific type of cancer with paired samples (n > 20) in TCGA. eg, get_paired_tpm("COAD")

get_meta(cancer)

Extract the clinical information of a specific type of cancer in TCGA. eg, get_meta("COAD")

get_tmb()

Extract the TMB matrix of all samples in TCGA

get_msi()

Extract the MSI matrix of all samples in TCGA

get_methy()

Print the link of the whole methylation matrix for users to download

get_promoter_methy()

Extract promoter methylation of a specific type of tumor

get_immu_ratio()

Extract the immune cell ratio of all samples in TCGA

get_immuscore()

Extract the immune score of all samples in TCGA

get_cancers()

Return the sample summary of 33 types of cancer in TCGA

get_paired_cancers()

Return the sample summary of 15 types of cancer containing more than 20 paired samples in TCGA