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Glioblastoma Multiforme (TCGA, Firehose Legacy)

cBioPortal DataHub · study gbm_tcga · www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=gbm_tcga

Study metadataOpen database (ODbL)TCGA Firehose LegacyApproximately 1 min read

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1. Summary2. Study description3. Citation & PubMed4. Source & licence

Summary

Glioblastoma Multiforme (TCGA, Firehose Legacy) is a study catalogued by cBioPortal DataHub under the cancer-type code difg. EvidenceHelix groups it with brain and nervous system studies and lists it in the TCGA Firehose Legacy collection.

This page is catalog metadata only: what the study is called and where to find it. It does not report findings, mutation frequencies or patient numbers, and it is not clinical guidance.

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Study description

TCGA Glioblastoma Multiforme. Source data from GDAC Firehose (http://gdac.broadinstitute.org/runs/stddata__2016_01_28/data/GBM/20160128/). Previously known as TCGA Provisional.

Text as published in the source's study metadata.

Citation & PubMed

The source lists no citation or PubMed id for this study.

Source & licence

Metadata from cBioPortal DataHub at e1b75cd25b, available under the ODC Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. See the Source metadata tab for every field.

Source metadata

Study identifier
gbm_tcga
Short name
GBM (TCGA)
Source cancer-type code
difg
Reference genome
not given
Source access groups
PUBLIC
Original study
View on cBioPortal
Metadata file
meta_study.txt at e1b75cd25b
Database licence
ODC Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0

Study-level metadata only (title, description, cancer-type code, citation, PubMed ids). No patient, sample, mutation or clinical data, and no publication full text, is included. Individual studies may carry their own terms; follow each study's source links before reusing its data. TCGA data are available under the Broad Institute GDAC TCGA Analysis Pipeline License; TCGA-derived records are preliminary or legacy releases.

Citations

The source lists no citation or PubMed id for this study.

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At a glance

Study ID
gbm_tcga
Cancer family
Brain and nervous system
Collection
TCGA Firehose Legacy
Source code
difg
PubMed links
0

Family and collection are EvidenceHelix groupings derived from the title; the source code is the source's own.

Related studies See all →

  • Brain Lower Grade Glioma (TCGA, Firehose Legacy)TCGA Firehose Legacy
  • Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma and Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma (MSK, Neuro Oncol 2017)MSK studies
  • Brain Lower Grade Glioma (TCGA, PanCancer Atlas)TCGA PanCancer Atlas
  • Brain Tumor PDXs (Mayo Clinic, Clin Cancer Res 2020)Other published and consortium studies

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Study metadata from cBioPortal DataHub (e1b75cd25b, synced 2026-10-31), available under the ODC Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0; attribution required. EvidenceLib is a research-education resource, not medical advice. Sources & licence