Hi, I have to calculate for the first time the tumor mutational burden (TMB) for each sample of a big maf file of TCGA (https://gdc.cancer.gov/about-data/publications/mc3-2017) (the maf file), I'm a beginner on bioinformatic and coding and I didn't find any tool that allows me to calculate TMB for each sample. Does anyone know a tool for TMB calculation or can told me how can i do it for each sample?
Thank u and 'm sorry if my question is a silly question...
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Hey Defne, as you can infer from the comment by sviatoslav.kendall, 'Tumour Mutation Burden' is somewhat a general term, with no strict definition. You can technically calculate TMB using any metric / method that makes intuitive sense, as emphasised by these previous answers on Biostars:
- A: TMB Tumor Mutation Burden
- C: How to calculate Tumor Mutation Burden (TMB) for TCGA samples
- A: Tool or R package for computing Tumor Mutational Burden?
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