cBioPortal Database

Overview

cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics (https://www.cbioportal.org/) is an open-access resource for exploring, visualizing, and analyzing multidimensional cancer genomics data. It hosts data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), AACR Project GENIE, MSK-IMPACT, and hundreds of other cancer studies — covering mutations, copy number alterations (CNA), structural variants, mRNA/protein expression, methylation, and clinical data for thousands of cancer samples.

Key resources:

• cBioPortal website: https://www.cbioportal.org/
• REST API: https://www.cbioportal.org/api/
• API docs (Swagger): https://www.cbioportal.org/api/swagger-ui/index.html
• Python client: bravado or requests
• GitHub: https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal

When to Use This Skill

Use cBioPortal when: