tcgaDriverBP {maftools} | R Documentation

## Compare genes to known TCGA drivers and their biological pathways

### Description

A small function which uses known cancer driver genes and their associatd pathways from TCGA cohorts. See reference for details

### Usage

    tcgaDriverBP(m, genes = NULL, top = 20, fontSize = 0.7)

### Arguments

`m` | an `MAF` object
`genes` | genes to compare. Default 'NULL'.
`top` | Top number of genes to use. Mutually exclusive with 'genes' argument. Default 20
`fontSize` | Default 0.7

### References

Bailey MH, Tokheim C, Porta-Pardo E, et al. Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations . Cell. 2018;173(2):371–385.e18. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.060

### Examples

    laml.maf <- system.file("extdata", "tcga_laml.maf.gz", package = "maftools")
    laml <- read.maf(maf = laml.maf)
    tcgaDriverBP(m = laml)

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