The rcellminer R package provides a wide range of functionality to help R users access and explore molecular profiling and drug response data for the NCI-60. The package enables flexible programmatic access to CellMiner's unparalleled breadth of NCI-60 data, including gene and protein expression, copy number, whole exome mutations, as well as activity data for ~21K compounds, with information on their structure, mechanism of action, and repeat screens. Functions are available to easily visualize compound structures, activity patterns, and molecular feature profiles. Additionally, embedded R Shiny applications allow interactive data exploration.

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