cBioPortal Study Exploration Reference
Major Study Collections
TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas)
| Study ID |
Cancer Type |
Samples |
brca_tcga |
Breast Cancer |
~1,000 |
luad_tcga |
Lung Adenocarcinoma |
~500 |
lusc_tcga |
Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
~500 |
coadread_tcga |
Colorectal Cancer |
~600 |
gbm_tcga |
Glioblastoma |
~600 |
prad_tcga |
Prostate Cancer |
~500 |
skcm_tcga |
Skin Cutaneous Melanoma |
~450 |
blca_tcga |
Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma |
~400 |
hnsc_tcga |
Head and Neck Squamous |
~500 |
lihc_tcga |
Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
~370 |
stad_tcga |
Stomach Adenocarcinoma |
~440 |
ucec_tcga |
Uterine Endometrial Carcinoma |
~550 |
ov_tcga |
Ovarian Serous Carcinoma |
~580 |
kirc_tcga |
Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma |
~530 |
thca_tcga |
Thyroid Cancer |
~500 |
paad_tcga |
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma |
~180 |
laml_tcga |
Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
~200 |
acc_tcga |
Adrenocortical Carcinoma |
~90 |
TCGA Pan-Cancer
| Study ID |
Description |
tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018 |
TCGA Pan-Cancer Atlas (32 cancer types, ~10K samples) |
MSK-IMPACT (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
| Study ID |
Description |
msk_impact_2017 |
MSK-IMPACT clinical sequencing |
mskcc_pd |
MSK pediatric solid tumors |
AACR Project GENIE
| Study ID |
Description |
genie_14_1_public |
GENIE v14.1 (multi-center clinical sequencing) |
Molecular Profile ID Naming Conventions
Molecular profile IDs are structured as {studyId}_{type}:
| Type Suffix |
Alteration Type |
_mutations |
Somatic mutations (MAF) |
_gistic |
Copy number (GISTIC discrete: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2) |
_cna |
Copy number (continuous log2 ratio) |
_mrna |
mRNA expression (z-scores or log2) |
_rna_seq_v2_mrna |
RNA-seq (RSEM) |
_rna_seq_v2_mrna_median_Zscores |
RNA-seq z-scores relative to normals |
_rppa |
RPPA protein expression |
_rppa_Zscores |
RPPA z-scores |
_sv |
Structural variants/fusions |
_methylation_hm450 |
DNA methylation (450K array) |
Example: For brca_tcga:
brca_tcga_mutations — mutation data
brca_tcga_gistic — CNA data
brca_tcga_rna_seq_v2_mrna — RNA-seq expression
Sample List Categories
Each study has sample lists of different subsets:
| Category |
sampleListId Pattern |
Contents |
all_cases_in_study |
{studyId}_all |
All samples |
all_cases_with_mutation_data |
{studyId}_sequenced |
Sequenced samples only |
all_cases_with_cna_data |
{studyId}_cna |
Samples with CNA data |
all_cases_with_mrna_data |
{studyId}_mrna |
Samples with expression |
all_cases_with_rppa_data |
{studyId}_rppa |
Samples with RPPA |
all_complete_cases |
{studyId}_complete |
Complete multiplatform data |
Common Gene Entrez IDs
| Gene |
Entrez ID |
Role |
| TP53 |
7157 |
Tumor suppressor |
| PIK3CA |
5290 |
Oncogene |
| KRAS |
3845 |
Oncogene |
| BRCA1 |
672 |
Tumor suppressor |
| BRCA2 |
675 |
Tumor suppressor |
| PTEN |
5728 |
Tumor suppressor |
| EGFR |
1956 |
Oncogene |
| MYC |
4609 |
Oncogene |
| RB1 |
5925 |
Tumor suppressor |
| APC |
324 |
Tumor suppressor |
| CDKN2A |
1029 |
Tumor suppressor |
| IDH1 |
3417 |
Oncogene (mutant) |
| BRAF |
673 |
Oncogene |
| CDH1 |
999 |
Tumor suppressor |
| VHL |
7428 |
Tumor suppressor |
Mutation Type Classifications
| mutationType |
Description |
Missense_Mutation |
Amino acid change |
Nonsense_Mutation |
Premature stop codon |
Frame_Shift_Del |
Frameshift deletion |
Frame_Shift_Ins |
Frameshift insertion |
Splice_Site |
Splice site mutation |
In_Frame_Del |
In-frame deletion |
In_Frame_Ins |
In-frame insertion |
Translation_Start_Site |
Start codon mutation |
Nonstop_Mutation |
Stop codon mutation |
Silent |
Synonymous |
5'Flank |
5' flanking |
3'UTR |
3' UTR |
OncoPrint Color Legend
cBioPortal uses consistent colors in OncoPrint:
- Red: Amplification
- Blue (dark): Deep deletion
- Green: Missense mutation
- Black: Truncating mutation
- Purple: Fusion
- Orange: mRNA upregulation
- Teal: mRNA downregulation