How to decode patient barcode inTCGA database ?
Following the command below
query <- GDCquery(project = "TCGA-PRAD",
data.category = "Clinical",file.type = "xml")
GDCdownload(query)
clinical.radiation <- GDCprepare_clinic(query, directory = "GDCdata", clinical.info = "patient")
I downloaded the data in CSV file and found there are some patient ID with multiple entries . As an example
TCGA-HC-8265-01B-04R-2303-13
TCGA-HC-8265-01A-11R-2262-13
My queries:
what does 04R and 11R means ? So as 2303 vs 2262 ?
Is there any manual or weblink to find the details on barID.
Thanks
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See if this recent thread helps: TCGA (legacy) barcodes for identifying tumour/normal samples
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