Q (haiku): What are the most mutated genes in lung cancer?

▶ read_guide
{
 "uri": "cbioportal://mutation-frequency-guide"
}

▶ search_oncotree
{
 "search_term": "lung cancer"
}

◀ result
# Mutation Frequency Analysis Guide

## IMPORTANT: Reporting Mutation Frequencies
- **ALWAYS report frequencies as percentages**, not raw counts: `frequency = (altered_samples / total_profiled_samples) × 100`
- For quick frequency lookups, **prefer the TCGA Pan-Cancer Atlas study first**, then offer to expand to other studies
- When reporting across multiple studies, show **ranges** (e.g., "TP53 is mutated in 30–60% of samples") rather than a single average
- **NEVER** sum mutation events across studies to compute an aggregate frequency — this can exceed 100% due to double-counting
- Warn users that samples may overlap across cohorts (e.g., MSK studies may share patients)
- **Choose and state the counting unit**: use patient-level frequencies for prevalence/rate questions unless the user explicitly asks for samples; use sample-level frequencies when the user asks about samples.
- **For "across cancer types" questions**, jump to the [Cross-Cancer-Type Mutation Frequency](#cross-cancer-type-mutation-frequency) section below — there is one correct recipe and several common wrong ones.

## Counting Unit: Samples vs Patients

Before answering any mutation count or frequency question, decide whether the unit is samples or patients and state that choice in the answer.

| User wording | Counting unit |
|--------------|---------------|
| "prevalence", "rate", "fraction of patients", "patients with", "how common is" | Patient-level: `COUNT(DISTINCT patient_unique_id)` |
| "samples", "specimens", "biopsies", sample-level cohort composition | Sample-level: `COUNT(DISTINCT sample_unique_id)` |
| Ambiguous | Ask, or default to patient-level for prevalence/rate language and say so |

### Cross-study sample-count caveat

When an answer touches more than one study and reports a sample count, prepend a one-line caveat:

> Sample IDs are unique within cBioPortal study prefixes, not guaranteed biological-sample identifiers across studies; overlapping cohorts can count the same patient/sample more than once.

Prefer one of these safer approaches:

- Use a shipped `cancer_study_query_preferences` cohort such as `pan_cancer_tcga` or `all_studies_non_redundant`.
- Restrict to one named study.
- Aggregate by `patient_unique_id` when the biological question is patient prevalence.

## STOP rule: a frequency above 100% means your query is wrong

If your query returns a frequency over 100%, **do not try to debug or explain the data inconsistency to the user**. The cause is always one of these query bugs:

- Summing mutation events instead of `COUNT(DISTINCT sample_unique_id)` for the numerator
- Using a study-wide sample count as the denominator instead of the gene-specific profiled count
- Cross-study aggregation where the same biological sample appears under multiple `sample_unique_id` values (e.g., MSK-IMPACT and MSK-CHORD share patients)
- **Joining the profiled CTE through `gene_panel` / `gene_panel_list` without a WES branch.** `gene_panel_id = 'WES'` is *not* a row in … (35166 more chars)

◀ result
{"result":[{"code":"LUNG","name":"Lung","score":65,"mainType":"Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG"},{"code":"NSCLC","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","score":50,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC"},{"code":"NSCLCPD","name":"Poorly Differentiated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","score":50,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > NSCLCPD"},{"code":"SCLC","name":"Small Cell Lung Cancer","score":50,"mainType":"Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > LNET > SCLC"},{"code":"ALUCA","name":"Atypical Lung Carcinoid","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > LNET > ALUCA"},{"code":"BLCLC","name":"Basaloid Large Cell Carcinoma of the Lung","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LCLC > BLCLC"},{"code":"CCLC","name":"Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Lung","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LCLC > CCLC"},{"code":"CMPT","name":"Ciliated Muconodular Papillary Tumor of the Lung","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > CMPT"},{"code":"CSCLC","name":"Combined Small Cell Lung Carcinoma","score":45,"mainType":"Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > CSCLC"},{"code":"GCLC","name":"Giant Cell Carcinoma of the Lung","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LCLC > GCLC"},{"code":"IMTL","name":"Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Lung Tumor","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > IMTL"},{"code":"LAIS","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma In Situ","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > LAIS"},{"code":"LAM","name":"Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > LAM"},{"code":"LCLC","name":"Large Cell Lung Carcinoma","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LCLC"},{"code":"LECLC","name":"Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma of the Lung","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LCLC > LECLC"},{"code":"LNET","name":"Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > LNET"},{"code":"LUACC","name":"Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lung","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > SGTTL > LUACC"},{"code":"LUAD","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LUAD"},{"code":"LUAS","name":"Lung Adenosquamous Carcinoma","score":45,"mainType":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","tissue":"Lung","hierarchy":"LUNG > NSCLC > LUAS"},{"code":"LUCA","name":"Lung C … (915 more chars)

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
SELECT *
FROM top_mutated_genes_in_cohort(
    preference = 'pan_cancer_tcga',
    top_n = 20
)
ORDER BY altered_samples DESC
",
 "max_rows": 100
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"hugo_gene_symbol":"TP53","altered_samples":3839,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":36.8,"total_mutation_events":4225},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"TTN","altered_samples":3131,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":30,"total_mutation_events":9629},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"MUC16","altered_samples":2014,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":19.3,"total_mutation_events":4708},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"PIK3CA","altered_samples":1371,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":13.1,"total_mutation_events":1619},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"CSMD3","altered_samples":1350,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12.9,"total_mutation_events":2304},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"RYR2","altered_samples":1320,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12.6,"total_mutation_events":2196},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"LRP1B","altered_samples":1297,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12.4,"total_mutation_events":2247},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"SYNE1","altered_samples":1251,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12,"total_mutation_events":2175},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"FLG","altered_samples":1170,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":11.2,"total_mutation_events":1753},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"USH2A","altered_samples":1130,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":10.8,"total_mutation_events":1824},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"PCLO","altered_samples":1087,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":10.4,"total_mutation_events":1851},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"ZFHX4","altered_samples":1029,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9.9,"total_mutation_events":1610},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"DNAH5","altered_samples":1011,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9.7,"total_mutation_events":1839},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"KMT2D","altered_samples":972,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9.3,"total_mutation_events":1356},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"CSMD1","altered_samples":944,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9,"total_mutation_events":1493},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"FAT4","altered_samples":934,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.9,"total_mutation_events":1617},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"SPTA1","altered_samples":928,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.9,"total_mutation_events":1293},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"HMCN1","altered_samples":913,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.7,"total_mutation_events":1423},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"OBSCN","altered_samples":905,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.7,"total_mutation_events":1413},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"KMT2C","altered_samples":904,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.7,"total_mutation_events":1287}]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
SELECT *
FROM top_mutated_genes_in_cohort(
    preference = 'pan_cancer_tcga',
    top_n = 20
)
WHERE 1=1  -- This will get the pan-cancer view
ORDER BY altered_samples DESC
LIMIT 20
",
 "max_rows": 100
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"hugo_gene_symbol":"TP53","altered_samples":3839,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":36.8,"total_mutation_events":4225},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"TTN","altered_samples":3131,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":30,"total_mutation_events":9629},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"MUC16","altered_samples":2014,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":19.3,"total_mutation_events":4708},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"PIK3CA","altered_samples":1371,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":13.1,"total_mutation_events":1619},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"CSMD3","altered_samples":1350,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12.9,"total_mutation_events":2304},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"RYR2","altered_samples":1320,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12.6,"total_mutation_events":2196},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"LRP1B","altered_samples":1297,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12.4,"total_mutation_events":2247},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"SYNE1","altered_samples":1251,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":12,"total_mutation_events":2175},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"FLG","altered_samples":1170,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":11.2,"total_mutation_events":1753},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"USH2A","altered_samples":1130,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":10.8,"total_mutation_events":1824},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"PCLO","altered_samples":1087,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":10.4,"total_mutation_events":1851},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"ZFHX4","altered_samples":1029,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9.9,"total_mutation_events":1610},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"DNAH5","altered_samples":1011,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9.7,"total_mutation_events":1839},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"KMT2D","altered_samples":972,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9.3,"total_mutation_events":1356},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"CSMD1","altered_samples":944,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":9,"total_mutation_events":1493},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"FAT4","altered_samples":934,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.9,"total_mutation_events":1617},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"SPTA1","altered_samples":928,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.9,"total_mutation_events":1293},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"HMCN1","altered_samples":913,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.7,"total_mutation_events":1423},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"OBSCN","altered_samples":905,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.7,"total_mutation_events":1413},{"hugo_gene_symbol":"KMT2C","altered_samples":904,"profiled_samples":10443,"frequency_pct":8.7,"total_mutation_events":1287}]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
-- Get mutation frequency by cancer type, focusing on lung cancers
WITH cohort AS (
    SELECT cancer_study_identifier
    FROM cancer_study_query_preferences
    WHERE preference_name = 'pan_cancer_tcga'
),
sample_cancer_type AS (
    SELECT cd.sample_unique_id, cd.attribute_value AS cancer_type
    FROM clinical_data_derived cd
    JOIN cohort c USING (cancer_study_identifier)
    WHERE cd.attribute_name = 'CANCER_TYPE'
),
altered AS (
    SELECT sct.cancer_type,
           ged.hugo_gene_symbol,
           COUNT(DISTINCT ged.sample_unique_id) AS altered_samples
    FROM genomic_event_derived ged
    JOIN cohort c USING (cancer_study_identifier)
    JOIN sample_cancer_type sct USING (sample_unique_id)
    WHERE ged.variant_type = 'mutation'
      AND ged.mutation_status != 'UNCALLED'
      AND ged.off_panel = 0
      AND sct.cancer_type LIKE '%Lung%'
    GROUP BY sct.cancer_type, ged.hugo_gene_symbol
),
profiled_samples_for_gene AS (
    SELECT sample_unique_id, cancer_study_identifier, hugo_gene_symbol
    FROM mutation_panel_gene_coverage
    UNION ALL
    SELECT sample_unique_id, cancer_study_identifier, hugo_gene_symbol
    FROM mutation_wes_coverage
),
profiled AS (
    SELECT sct.cancer_type,
           p.hugo_gene_symbol,
           COUNT(DISTINCT p.sample_unique_id) AS profiled_samples
    FROM profiled_samples_for_gene p
    JOIN cohort c USING (cancer_study_identifier)
    JOIN sample_cancer_type sct USING (sample_unique_id)
    WHERE sct.cancer_type LIKE '%Lung%'
    GROUP BY sct.cancer_type, p.hugo_gene_symbol
)
SELECT a.cancer_type,
       a.hugo_gene_symbol,
       a.altered_samples,
       p.profiled_samples,
       ROUND(a.altered_samples * 100.0 / NULLIF(p.profiled_samples, 0), 1) AS frequency_pct
FROM altered a
JOIN profiled p ON a.cancer_type = p.cancer_type AND a.hugo_gene_symbol = p.hugo_gene_symbol
WHERE p.profiled_samples >= 50
ORDER BY a.cancer_type, a.altered_samples DESC
",
 "max_rows": 100
}

◀ result
{"error_message":"Query execution failed: HTTPDriver for https://dl96orhu96.us-east-1.aws.clickhouse.cloud:8443 received ClickHouse error code 1\n Code: 1. DB::Exception: Resolved identifier 'hugo_gene_symbol' in parent scope to expression 'hugo_gene_symbol' with correlated columns 'hugo_gene_symbol' (Enable 'allow_experimental_correlated_subqueries' setting to allow correlated subqueries execution). In scope  profiled AS p. (UNSUPPORTED_METHOD) (version 26.4.1.2359 (official build))\n"}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
-- Find lung cancer studies
SELECT DISTINCT cancer_study_identifier, type_of_cancer_id
FROM cancer_study
WHERE type_of_cancer_id IN ('LUAD', 'LUSC')
ORDER BY cancer_study_identifier
",
 "max_rows": 50
}

◀ result
{"rows":[]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
SELECT DISTINCT cancer_study_identifier, name
FROM cancer_study
WHERE name LIKE '%lung%' OR name LIKE '%Lung%' OR cancer_study_identifier LIKE '%lun%'
LIMIT 20
",
 "max_rows": 50
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"cancer_study_identifier":"asclc_msk_2024","name":"Atypical Small Cell Lung Cancer (MSK, Cancer Discov 2024)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"bm_nsclc_mskcc_2023","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis (MSK, Nat Commun 2023)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA, Firehose Legacy)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_mskcc_2015","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK, Science 2015)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_broad","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (Broad, Cell 2012)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_mskcc_2020","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK, J Thorac Oncol 2020)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_mskcc_2023_met_organotropism","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma Met Organotropism (MSK, Cancer Cell 2023)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_oncosg_2020","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (OncoSG, Nat Genet 2020)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_msk_npjpo_2021","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK, NPJ Precision Oncology 2021)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"lusc_tcga","name":"Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma (TCGA, Firehose Legacy)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tsp","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (TSP, Nature 2008)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"lung_msk_mind_2020","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK Mind,Nature Cancer 2022)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_mskcc_2015","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (MSK, Science 2015)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_ctdx_msk_2022","name":"Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (MSK, Nature Medicine 2022)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_tcga_broad_2016","name":"Pan-Lung Cancer (TCGA, Nat Genet 2016)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_unito_2016","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (University of Turin, Lung Cancer 2017)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_tracerx_2017","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (TRACERx, NEJM & Nature 2017)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_pd1_msk_2018","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (MSK, J Clin Oncol 2018)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"nsclc_mskcc_2018","name":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (MSK, Cancer Cell 2018)"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"sclc_clcgp","name":"Small Cell Lung Cancer (CLCGP, Nat Genet 2012)"}]}

▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
-- Top mutated genes in LUAD TCGA
SELECT 'LUAD (TCGA)' AS cohort,
       hugo_gene_symbol,
       altered_samples,
       profiled_samples,
       frequency_pct,
       total_mutation_events
FROM top_mutated_genes_in_study(study = 'luad_tcga', top_n = 20)
UNION ALL
-- Top mutated genes in LUSC TCGA
SELECT 'LUSC (TCGA)' AS cohort,
       hugo_gene_symbol,
       altered_samples,
       profiled_samples,
       frequency_pct,
       total_mutation_events
FROM top_mutated_genes_in_study(study = 'lusc_tcga', top_n = 20)
ORDER BY cohort, altered_samples DESC
",
 "max_rows": 100
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"TTN","altered_samples":108,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":47,"total_mutation_events":271},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"TP53","altered_samples":106,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":46.1,"total_mutation_events":115},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"MUC16","altered_samples":91,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":39.6,"total_mutation_events":161},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"RYR2","altered_samples":82,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":35.7,"total_mutation_events":130},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"KRAS","altered_samples":75,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":32.6,"total_mutation_events":76},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"LRP1B","altered_samples":68,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":29.6,"total_mutation_events":115},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"USH2A","altered_samples":68,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":29.6,"total_mutation_events":99},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"ZFHX4","altered_samples":63,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":27.4,"total_mutation_events":94},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"FLG","altered_samples":62,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":27,"total_mutation_events":88},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"SPTA1","altered_samples":58,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":25.2,"total_mutation_events":71},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"MUC17","altered_samples":48,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":20.9,"total_mutation_events":71},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"XIRP2","altered_samples":47,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":20.4,"total_mutation_events":68},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"PCLO","altered_samples":46,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":20,"total_mutation_events":56},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"NAV3","altered_samples":45,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":19.6,"total_mutation_events":58},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"CSMD1","altered_samples":44,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":19.1,"total_mutation_events":58},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"FAT3","altered_samples":44,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":19.1,"total_mutation_events":57},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"KMT2C","altered_samples":42,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":18.3,"total_mutation_events":49},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"PCDH15","altered_samples":42,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":18.3,"total_mutation_events":59},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"ZNF536","altered_samples":42,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":18.3,"total_mutation_events":51},{"cohort":"LUAD (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"COL11A1","altered_samples":40,"profiled_samples":230,"frequency_pct":17.4,"total_mutation_events":46},{"cohort":"LUSC (TCGA)","hugo_gene_symbol":"TP53","altered_samples":145,"profiled_samples":178,"frequency_pct":81.5, … (2770 more chars)

▶ resolve_and_route
{
 "studyIds": [
  "luad_tcga",
  "lusc_tcga"
 ]
}

◀ result
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 "genes": [
  "TP53",
  "TTN",
  "MUC16",
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}

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## Most Mutated Genes in Lung Cancer

I queried TCGA data for lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). Here are the top findings:

### Lung Adenocarcinoma (LUAD; 230 samples)

| Gene | Altered Samples | Frequency | Mutations |
|------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
| **TTN** | 108/230 | **47.0%** | 271 |
| **TP53** | 106/230 | **46.1%** | 115 |
| **MUC16** | 91/230 | 39.6% | 161 |
| **RYR2** | 82/230 | 35.7% | 130 |
| **KRAS** | 75/230 | 32.6% | 76 |
| **LRP1B** | 68/230 | 29.6% | 115 |
| **USH2A** | 68/230 | 29.6% | 99 |
| **ZFHX4** | 63/230 | 27.4% | 94 |
| **FLG** | 62/230 | 27.0% | 88 |

### Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma (LUSC; 178 samples)

| Gene | Altered Samples | Frequency | Mutations |
|------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
| **TP53** | 145/178 | **81.5%** | 152 |
| **TTN** | 126/178 | **70.8%** | 306 |
| **MUC16** | 77/178 | 43.3% | 143 |
| **RYR2** | 77/178 | 43.3% | 121 |
| **LRP1B** | 69/178 | 38.8% | 103 |
| **USH2A** | 68/178 | 38.2% | 94 |
| **ZFHX4** | 65/178 | 36.5% | 90 |

### Key Observations

- **TP53** is the most clinically significant — highly mutated in LUSC (81.5%) but less so in LUAD (46.1%). LUSC has significantly higher TP53 mutation burden overall.
- **TTN** is the most frequently altered overall (47.0% LUAD, 70.8% LUSC) but is a large, passenger-prone gene — not a known driver.
- **KRAS** is a true driver gene, mutated in 32.6% of LUAD (a major LUAD-specific alteration).
- **RYR2, LRP1B, USH2A, ZFHX4, FLG** are large genes with high background mutation rates; their elevated frequencies reflect tumor hypermutation rather than selective advantage.

[Explore alterations in the top genes with the OncoPrint visualization](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/oncoprint?cancer_study_list=luad_tcga%2Clusc_tcga&gene_list=TP53%0ATTN%0AMUC16%0AKRAS%0ARYR2%0ALRP1B%0AUSH2A%0AZFHX4%0AFLG&case_set_id=all) — shows all mutation types, copy number, and clinical annotations side-by-side across 1,097 samples.