tcga_kirc_example {messina} | R Documentation

## Example TCGA KIRC RNAseq expression and survival data

### Description

A small subset of the TCGA KIRC (kidney renal clear cell carcinoma) expression and survival data, for use as an example for messinaSurv.

### Usage

    tcga_kirc_example

### Format

a `matrix` of RNAseq (TCGA platform "illuminahiseq_rnaseqv2") expression estimates kirc.exprs, with genes in rows and patients in columns; and a `Surv` object kirc.surv, giving patient survival times and status.

### Author(s)

Mark Pinese, 20 March 2014.

### Source

TCGA, downloaded on 16 Jan 2014, and only a small random subset of genes retained, to reduce size.

[Package messina version 1.28.0 Index]