etiology: List of mutational signatures' proposed etiology summarized...

In cosmicsig: Mutational Signatures from COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer)

List of mutational signatures' proposed etiology summarized from COSMIC, Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (v3.5 - November 2025)

Description

List of mutational signatures' proposed etiology summarized from COSMIC, Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (v3.5 - November 2025)

Usage

etiology

Format

A list with the elements:

• SBS96

• DBS78

• ID

Each element is a single-column matrix with rownames being the signature IDs and values being a short string describing the proposed etiology.

In general use get_etiology, which handles new signatures do not have an element in etiology.

Deprecation note

The etiology information is deprecated and is no longer being updated. It is not versioned at the COSMIC website and may not reflect signatures added in recent COSMIC releases. For authoritative, up-to-date etiologies consult https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/signatures/ directly.

Source

https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/signatures/.

Examples

sbs96_etiology <- etiology$SBS96

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