getCases {canceR} | R Documentation

## 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/")
     # 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)

[Package canceR version 1.26.0 Index]