Q (sonnet): In TCGA lower grade glioma, show me samples that are TP53 mutant or EGFR amplified.

▶ resolve_and_route
{
 "studyKeywords": [
  "TCGA",
  "lower grade glioma",
  "PanCancer Atlas"
 ]
}

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

▶ navigate_to_results_view
{
 "studyIds": [
  "lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018"
 ],
 "genes": [
  "TP53: MUT",
  "EGFR: AMP"
 ],
 "tab": "oncoprint"
}

◀ 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
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▶ navigate_to_study_view
{
 "studyIds": [
  "lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018"
 ],
 "filterJson": {
  "geneFilters": [
   {
    "molecularProfileIds": [
     "lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018_mutations"
    ],
    "geneQueries": [
     [
      {
       "hugoGeneSymbol": "TP53"
      }
     ]
    ]
   },
   {
    "molecularProfileIds": [
     "lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018_gistic"
    ],
    "geneQueries": [
     [
      {
       "hugoGeneSymbol": "EGFR",
       "alterations": [
        "AMP"
       ]
      }
     ]
    ]
   }
  ]
 }
}

◀ result
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▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
 "query": "
WITH tp53_mut AS (
    SELECT DISTINCT sample_unique_id
    FROM genomic_event_derived
    WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018'
      AND variant_type = 'mutation'
      AND mutation_status != 'UNCALLED'
      AND hugo_gene_symbol = 'TP53'
),
egfr_amp AS (
    SELECT DISTINCT sample_unique_id
    FROM genomic_event_derived
    WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018'
      AND variant_type = 'cna'
      AND cna_alteration = 2
      AND hugo_gene_symbol = 'EGFR'
),
mut_profiled AS (
    SELECT DISTINCT sample_unique_id
    FROM sample_to_gene_panel_derived
    WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018'
      AND alteration_type = 'MUTATION_EXTENDED'
),
cna_profiled AS (
    SELECT DISTINCT sample_unique_id
    FROM sample_to_gene_panel_derived
    WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018'
      AND alteration_type = 'COPY_NUMBER_ALTERATION'
)
SELECT
  (SELECT count() FROM tp53_mut) AS tp53_mut_samples,
  (SELECT count() FROM egfr_amp) AS egfr_amp_samples,
  (SELECT count() FROM (SELECT sample_unique_id FROM tp53_mut INTERSECT SELECT sample_unique_id FROM egfr_amp)) AS both,
  (SELECT count() FROM (SELECT sample_unique_id FROM tp53_mut UNION DISTINCT SELECT sample_unique_id FROM egfr_amp)) AS union_either,
  (SELECT count() FROM mut_profiled) AS mut_profiled_n,
  (SELECT count() FROM cna_profiled) AS cna_profiled_n
"
}

◀ result
{"rows":[{"tp53_mut_samples":249,"egfr_amp_samples":39,"both":6,"union_either":282,"mut_profiled_n":514,"cna_profiled_n":511}]}

═ answer (success)
In the TCGA Lower Grade Glioma (PanCancer Atlas) cohort (`lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018`, 514 samples):

| Group | Samples | % of profiled |
|---|---|---|
| TP53 mutant | 249 | 249/514 = 48.4% |
| EGFR amplified | 39 | 39/511 = 7.6% |
| Both (TP53 mut **and** EGFR amp) | 6 | — |
| **TP53 mutant OR EGFR amplified (union)** | **282** | **282/514 ≈ 54.9%** of the cohort |

So 282 distinct samples carry at least one of the two alterations.

Note on the OncoPrint link below: cBioPortal's OncoPrint queries genes with OR semantics by default (any alteration in the queried genes highlights the sample), which matches what you want — it will show all 282 samples with TP53 mutations and/or EGFR amplification highlighted. The StudyView "gene filter" mechanism, in contrast, combines separate gene-filter groups with AND, so I did not use it for this union; instead see the query results above for the exact union count.

[View TP53 mutant / EGFR amplified OncoPrint in TCGA LGG](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/oncoprint?cancer_study_list=lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018&gene_list=TP53%3A+MUT%0AEGFR%3A+AMP&case_set_id=lgg_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018_all)

This OncoPrint will display all 514 profiled samples, sorted with altered (TP53-mutant and/or EGFR-amplified) samples grouped together — you can also switch to the Mutual Exclusivity tab there to see whether these two events co-occur more or less than expected by chance (that statistical test isn't something I can compute directly).