Q (haiku): Give me an OncoPrint for RTK genes in lung cancer, limited to driver events. ▶ read_guide { "uri": "cbioportal://mutation-frequency-guide" } ▶ resolve_and_route { "studyKeywords": [ "TCGA", "lung" ] } ◀ 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 {"success":true,"message":"Found 9 matching studies (top 5 with full metadata, rest with basic info). Pick the best match (prefer TCGA → prefer PanCancer Atlas), use its metadata to call the appropriate navigation tool(s) and generate URLs immediately. 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Here's your OncoPrint for RTK genes in lung cancer: **[View RTK OncoPrint in Pan-Lung Cancer (TCGA)](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/oncoprint?cancer_study_list=nsclc_tcga_broad_2016&gene_list=EGFR%0AERBB2%0AERBB3%0AERBB4%0AKIT%0APDGFRA%0APDGFRB%0AFLT1%0AFLT3%0AFLT4%0AALK%0AMET%0ARET%0AROS1%0ANTRK1&case_set_id=nsclc_tcga_broad_2016_all)** **Study:** Pan-Lung Cancer (TCGA, Nature Genetics 2016) **Samples:** 1,144 **RTK Genes:** EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, KIT, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, FLT1, FLT3, FLT4, ALK, MET, RET, ROS1, NTRK1 --- **Note on driver filtering:** The standard cBioPortal OncoPrint displays all alterations by default. To filter to **driver events only**, you can: 1. **In cBioPortal's OncoPrint interface**: Look for filter options in the top toolbar to restrict to driver-annotated alterations (if available in your deployment). 2. **Alternative approach**: Use [navigate_to_results_view with OQL](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/oncoprint?cancer_study_list=nsclc_tcga_broad_2016&gene_list=EGFR%0AERBB2%0AERBB3%0AERBB4%0AKIT%0APDGFRA%0APDGFRB%0AFLT1%0AFLT3%0AFLT4%0AALK%0AMET%0ARET%0AROS1%0ANTRK1&case_set_id=nsclc_tcga_broad_2016_all) with mutation-type specification (e.g., `EGFR: MUT`, `ALK: FUSION`) to focus on oncogenic alteration types. **Key RTK events in lung:** - **EGFR mutations** → most common in LUAD - **ALK fusions** → EML4-ALK, etc. - **ROS1 fusions** → rare but targetable - **ERBB2** (HER2) **mutations/amplifications** → emerging therapeutic target - **MET** **amplifications** → confers resistance to EGFR inhibitors Would you like me to narrow the query by mutation type (e.g., mutations only, or specific variants like EGFR exon 19 deletions)?