Q (haiku): "What are the survival differences between EGFR-mutated, EGFR-amplified, and EGFR wild-type lung adenocarcinoma patients?" ▶ read_guide { "uri": "cbioportal://statistical-tests-guide" } ▶ read_guide { "uri": "cbioportal://clinical-data-guide" } ◀ result Statistical Test Selection Guide ================================ Purpose ------- This guide ensures the correct statistical test is selected before performing any group comparison, matching cBioPortal's own Group Comparison defaults. HARD RULES — NEVER FABRICATE A STATISTIC ---------------------------------------- ClickHouse cannot run statistical tests. The agent therefore must NEVER produce a derived statistic that is not a literal column value from a SQL result. Specifically: 1. **Never invent a p-value.** Not "p < 0.001", not "p ≈ 0.05", not any p-value. If the user asks "what is the p-value?", the answer is *"I can't compute that — here is the 2x2 contingency table (or group statistics). Run it in cBioPortal's Group Comparison tab, in R with `fisher.test(...)` / `wilcox.test(...)`, or in Python with `scipy.stats.fisher_exact(...)` / `mannwhitneyu(...)`."* 2. **Never claim mutual exclusivity (or co-occurrence) from a contingency table alone.** A 2x2 table is not a test. The shape "altered/not altered × group A/group B" needs Fisher's exact + a defined direction (odds ratio < 1 with significant p). Without that test, the agent presents the table and stops. Descriptive phrasing is also a claim: "largely/mostly mutually exclusive", "rarely co-occur", "tend to co-occur" are forbidden without the test — point to cBioPortal's Mutual Exclusivity tab instead. 3. **Never report a "median" that came from `AVG(...)` or any non-median aggregate.** "Median" and "mean" are different statistics; for skewed clinical distributions (especially survival) they differ substantially. Use ClickHouse's `quantile(0.5)(...)` for actual median, and label arithmetic averages as "mean", never "median". 4. **Never report a hazard ratio, odds ratio, risk ratio, or relative risk** that wasn't computed by an external tool. These require regression / model fitting that ClickHouse does not do. 5. **Never report median overall survival from `AVG(OS_MONTHS)` or even `quantile(0.5)(OS_MONTHS)`.** Median OS requires Kaplan-Meier estimation, which handles censoring (`OS_STATUS = 0:LIVING` means the event hasn't happened yet). Naive medians/means over `OS_MONTHS` ignore censoring and are systematically wrong. The correct handoff: return the raw `(OS_MONTHS, OS_STATUS)` pairs (or descriptive counts: N events, N censored, follow-up range) and tell the user to run KM in R (`survival::survfit`) or Python (`lifelines.KaplanMeierFitter`), or use cBioPortal's Survival comparison. If asked to do any of (1)–(5), respond with the appropriate handoff template from the "Approved Response Templates" section below — do not produce the number. Ambiguous-Term Clarification (before any analysis) -------------------------------------------------- If the user's question uses an ambiguous term, ask before computing anything. Examples: - **"aggressive"** → could mean shorter overall survival, higher metastasis rate, higher grade/stage, higher TMB, or specific molecular features. Ask which definit … (9984 more chars) ▶ list_studies { "search": "lung adenocarcinoma", "limit": 10 } ◀ result # Clinical Data Query Guide ## Overview Clinical data in cBioPortal is stored at both patient and sample levels. Understanding the distinction is crucial for accurate analysis. ## Data Organization ### Patient-Level vs Sample-Level Data - **Patient-level**: Demographics, overall survival, disease stage (stored once per patient) - **Sample-level**: Sample type, sequencing platform, purity (can have multiple per patient) ### Key Tables - `clinical_patient`: Patient-level clinical attributes - `clinical_sample`: Sample-level clinical attributes - `clinical_data_derived`: Pre-joined view combining both levels - `clinical_attribute_meta`: Metadata about available clinical attributes ## Recommended Approach: Use clinical_data_derived The `clinical_data_derived` table is pre-joined and optimized for most queries: ```sql -- Get clinical data for specific attributes SELECT sample_unique_id, patient_unique_id, attribute_name, attribute_value FROM clinical_data_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'your_study_id' AND attribute_name IN ('CANCER_TYPE', 'SAMPLE_TYPE', 'TMB_NONSYNONYMOUS'); ``` ## Clinical Attribute Discovery ### Use clinical_attribute_meta for Discovering Available Attributes **Always start here** to see what clinical attributes are available for a specific study: ```sql -- Discover available clinical attributes for a study SELECT attr_id, description, patient_attribute, cancer_study_id FROM clinical_attribute_meta WHERE cancer_study_id = ( SELECT cancer_study_id FROM cancer_study WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'your_study_id' ) ORDER BY patient_attribute, attr_id; ``` **Key Fields:** - **attr_id**: matches attr_id in clinical_sample/clinical_patient tables - **description**: human-readable description of the attribute - **patient_attribute**: true = patient attribute, false = sample attribute - **cancer_study_id**: links to cancer_study table (filter by study) ## Attribute Semantics and Matching ### Case-Insensitive Matching for Attribute Values Clinical values are free text across studies and may differ only by case. For example, a controlled-looking value such as germline mutation status may appear as `GERMLINE`, `Germline`, or another case variant. When filtering `clinical_data_derived.attribute_value`, use case-insensitive matching unless you have already profiled the exact values in the target study: ```sql -- Correct: case-insensitive clinical value filter SELECT DISTINCT sample_unique_id, patient_unique_id FROM clinical_data_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'your_study_id' AND attribute_name = 'MUTATION_STATUS' AND upper(attribute_value) = 'GERMLINE'; ``` Do not write `attribute_value = 'GERMLINE'` without first checking all distinct values for that attribute in the study. ### Query the Requested Attribute, Not a Proxy Do not infer one clinical attribute from a related subtype or marker. Query the actual requested attribute when it … (17073 more chars) ◀ result {"result":[{"cancer_study_identifier":"msk_met_2021","name":"MSK MetTropism (MSK, Cell 2021)","type_of_cancer_id":"mixed","sample_count":25775,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=msk_met_2021"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_mskcc_2023_met_organotropism","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma Met Organotropism (MSK, Cancer Cell 2023)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":2653,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_mskcc_2023_met_organotropism"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"lung_msk_2017","name":"Non-Small Cell Cancer (MSK, Cancer Discov 2017)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":915,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=lung_msk_2017"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_mskcc_2020","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK, J Thorac Oncol 2020)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":604,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_mskcc_2020"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA, Firehose Legacy)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":586,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_tcga"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_gdc","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA GDC, 2025)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":571,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_tcga_gdc"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA, PanCancer Atlas)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":566,"has_guide":true,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_msk_npjpo_2021","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK, NPJ Precision Oncology 2021)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":426,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_msk_npjpo_2021"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"luad_oncosg_2020","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (OncoSG, Nat Genet 2020)","type_of_cancer_id":"luad","sample_count":305,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_oncosg_2020"},{"cancer_study_identifier":"lung_msk_mind_2020","name":"Lung Adenocarcinoma (MSK Mind,Nature Cancer 2022)","type_of_cancer_id":"lung","sample_count":247,"has_guide":false,"url":"https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=lung_msk_mind_2020"}]} ▶ get_study_guide { "study_id": "luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018" } ◀ result # Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA, PanCancer Atlas) **Study ID:** `luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018` See `_tcga_pancan_template.md` for common TCGA clinical attributes. ## Study-Specific Attributes ### Not available in this study - **Smoking history / pack-years**: no smoking attribute. Say smoking status is not available here rather than inferring it. - **EGFR / KRAS / ALK status**: no clinical status attributes. Derive EGFR and KRAS status from mutation data, and ALK fusions from structural-variant data (5 samples with an ALK SV in `genomic_event_derived`). - `SUBTYPE` is `LUAD` (502) or blank (64) and carries no molecular subtype. `GRADE` is blank for all samples. ## Key Genes - Driver Mutations | Gene | Frequency | Notes | |------|-----------|-------| | KRAS | ~30% | G12C targetable with sotorasib/adagrasib | | EGFR | ~15% | L858R, exon 19 del targetable with TKIs | | ALK | ~5% | Fusions targetable with crizotinib, etc. | | BRAF | ~5% | V600E targetable | | ROS1 | ~2% | Fusions targetable | | RET | ~2% | Fusions targetable | | MET | ~3% | Exon 14 skipping, amplification | ## Notes - Driver mutations are largely mutually exclusive - STK11 and KEAP1 mutations associated with poor immunotherapy response ▶ clickhouse_list_table_columns { "table": "clinical_data_derived" } ▶ clickhouse_list_table_columns { "table": "genomic_event_derived" } ◀ result {"columns":[{"name":"internal_id","type":"Int32"},{"name":"sample_unique_id","type":"String","comment":"Globally unique sample ID: cancer_study_identifier + \"_\" + sample.stable_id. Empty for patient-level attributes. Use this for sample filtering and joins."},{"name":"patient_unique_id","type":"String","comment":"Globally unique patient ID: cancer_study_identifier + \"_\" + patient.stable_id. Present for both sample and patient-level attributes."},{"name":"attribute_name","type":"LowCardinality(String)","comment":"Clinical attribute name (e.g., SAMPLE_TYPE, CANCER_TYPE, AGE, OS_MONTHS). Use with attribute_value for filtering. AGE may be floored or capped for de-identification (e.g. all children recorded as 18, or everyone 89+ recorded as 89 or 90): before age statistics check for a pile-up at the min/max, and if present compute age from DAYS_TO_BIRTH (-days / 365.25)."},{"name":"attribute_value","type":"String","comment":"Value of the clinical attribute (String). For SAMPLE_TYPE: Primary, Metastasis, Local Recurrence, Unknown. Missing values are empty strings, so use toFloat64OrNull(attribute_value) for numeric comparisons — CAST fails on them."},{"name":"cancer_study_identifier","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"type","type":"LowCardinality(String)","comment":"Data level: \"sample\" for sample-level attributes (e.g., SAMPLE_TYPE), \"patient\" for patient-level attributes (e.g., AGE, OS_MONTHS)."}]} ◀ result {"columns":[{"name":"sample_unique_id","type":"String"},{"name":"hugo_gene_symbol","type":"String","comment":"HUGO gene symbol (e.g., TP53, KRAS, BRAF). Use for gene-specific queries."},{"name":"entrez_gene_id","type":"Int32"},{"name":"gene_panel_stable_id","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"cancer_study_identifier","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"genetic_profile_stable_id","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"variant_type","type":"LowCardinality(String)","comment":"Type of genomic event: \"mutation\" for SNVs/indels, \"cna\" for copy number alterations, \"structural_variant\" for SVs. Always filter by this."},{"name":"mutation_variant","type":"String","comment":"Protein change notation (e.g., p.V600E, p.R175H). Use for specific variant queries. \"NA\" for non-mutation events."},{"name":"mutation_type","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"mutation_status","type":"LowCardinality(String)","comment":"For mutations: Somatic, Germline, UNKNOWN, or UNCALLED. Filter mutation_status != \"UNCALLED\" to exclude uncertain calls. Include all other statuses."},{"name":"driver_filter","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"driver_filter_annotation","type":"String"},{"name":"driver_tiers_filter","type":"LowCardinality(String)"},{"name":"driver_tiers_filter_annotation","type":"String"},{"name":"cna_alteration","type":"Nullable(Int8)","comment":"Copy number alteration: only 2 = amplification (AMP) and -2 = deep deletion (HOMDEL) are stored. Shallow deletion (-1), diploid (0) and gain (1) are not in this table; query genetic_alteration_derived WHERE profile_type = 'gistic' (alteration_value is a String, e.g. '-1'). NULL for non-CNA events."},{"name":"cna_cytoband","type":"String"},{"name":"sv_event_info","type":"String"},{"name":"patient_unique_id","type":"String"},{"name":"off_panel","type":"Bool","comment":"Boolean: 1 = mutation outside gene panel coverage (off-panel), 0 = within panel (on-panel). Filter off_panel = 0 for reliable frequency calculations."}]} ▶ clickhouse_run_select_query { "query": " -- Step 1: Identify EGFR alterations (mutations, amplifications) in LUAD WITH egfr_alterations AS ( SELECT DISTINCT patient_unique_id, sample_unique_id, hugo_gene_symbol, variant_type, mutation_variant, cna_alteration, mutation_status, driver_filter FROM genomic_event_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND hugo_gene_symbol = 'EGFR' AND off_panel = FALSE ), -- Step 2: Classify each sample/patient by EGFR status egfr_status AS ( SELECT DISTINCT patient_unique_id, CASE WHEN max(if(variant_type = 'mutation' AND mutation_status NOT IN ('GERMLINE', 'UNKNOWN', 'UNCALLED'), 1, 0)) OVER (PARTITION BY patient_unique_id) = 1 THEN 'EGFR_Mutant' WHEN max(if(variant_type = 'cna' AND cna_alteration = 2, 1, 0)) OVER (PARTITION BY patient_unique_id) = 1 AND max(if(variant_type = 'mutation' AND mutation_status NOT IN ('GERMLINE', 'UNKNOWN', 'UNCALLED'), 1, 0)) OVER (PARTITION BY patient_unique_id) = 0 THEN 'EGFR_Amplified' ELSE 'EGFR_WT' END AS egfr_status_category FROM egfr_alterations ), -- Step 3: Get survival data survival_data AS ( SELECT patient_unique_id, maxIf(toFloat64OrNull(attribute_value), attribute_name = 'OS_MONTHS') AS os_months, maxIf(attribute_value, attribute_name = 'OS_STATUS') AS os_status FROM clinical_data_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND attribute_name IN ('OS_MONTHS', 'OS_STATUS') GROUP BY patient_unique_id ), -- Step 4: Combine with WT patients (those without EGFR alterations) all_patients AS ( SELECT coalesce(es.patient_unique_id, sp.patient_unique_id) AS patient_unique_id, coalesce(es.egfr_status_category, 'EGFR_WT') AS egfr_status FROM egfr_status es FULL OUTER JOIN ( SELECT DISTINCT patient_unique_id FROM clinical_data_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND attribute_name IN ('OS_MONTHS', 'OS_STATUS') ) sp ON es.patient_unique_id = sp.patient_unique_id ), -- Step 5: Join survival data final_data AS ( SELECT ap.egfr_status, sd.os_months, sd.os_status, ap.patient_unique_id FROM all_patients ap LEFT JOIN survival_data sd ON ap.patient_unique_id = sd.patient_unique_id WHERE sd.os_months IS NOT NULL AND sd.os_status IS NOT NULL AND sd.os_status != '' ) -- Step 6: Compute summary statistics per group SELECT egfr_status, count(DISTINCT patient_unique_id) AS n_patients, countIf(startsWith(os_status, '1')) AS n_events, countIf(startsWith(os_status, '0')) AS n_censored, round(min(os_months), 1) AS min_followup_months, round(quantile(0.5)(os_months), 1) AS median_followup_months, round(max(os_months), 1) AS max_followup_months FROM final_data GROUP BY egfr_status ORDER BY egfr_status ", "max_rows": 100 } ◀ result {"rows":[{"egfr_status":"EGFR_Amplified","n_patients":10,"n_events":5,"n_censored":5,"min_followup_months":3,"median_followup_months":20.1,"max_followup_months":123.6},{"egfr_status":"EGFR_Mutant","n_patients":65,"n_events":27,"n_censored":38,"min_followup_months":0,"median_followup_months":19.8,"max_followup_months":108.7},{"egfr_status":"EGFR_WT","n_patients":3,"n_events":2,"n_censored":1,"min_followup_months":12.3,"median_followup_months":22.7,"max_followup_months":26.5}]} ▶ clickhouse_run_select_query { "query": " -- Comprehensive EGFR status classification for all patients in the study WITH all_patients AS ( -- Get all patients with clinical data SELECT DISTINCT patient_unique_id FROM clinical_data_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND attribute_name IN ('OS_MONTHS', 'OS_STATUS') ), egfr_mutations AS ( SELECT DISTINCT patient_unique_id FROM genomic_event_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND hugo_gene_symbol = 'EGFR' AND variant_type = 'mutation' AND mutation_status NOT IN ('GERMLINE', 'UNKNOWN', 'UNCALLED') AND off_panel = FALSE ), egfr_amplifications AS ( SELECT DISTINCT patient_unique_id FROM genomic_event_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND hugo_gene_symbol = 'EGFR' AND variant_type = 'cna' AND cna_alteration = 2 AND off_panel = FALSE ), -- Classify EGFR status (mutations take precedence over amplifications) egfr_status_all AS ( SELECT ap.patient_unique_id, CASE WHEN ap.patient_unique_id IN (SELECT patient_unique_id FROM egfr_mutations) THEN 'EGFR_Mutant' WHEN ap.patient_unique_id IN (SELECT patient_unique_id FROM egfr_amplifications) AND ap.patient_unique_id NOT IN (SELECT patient_unique_id FROM egfr_mutations) THEN 'EGFR_Amplified' ELSE 'EGFR_WT' END AS egfr_status FROM all_patients ap ), -- Get survival data survival_data AS ( SELECT patient_unique_id, maxIf(toFloat64OrNull(attribute_value), attribute_name = 'OS_MONTHS') AS os_months, maxIf(attribute_value, attribute_name = 'OS_STATUS') AS os_status FROM clinical_data_derived WHERE cancer_study_identifier = 'luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018' AND attribute_name IN ('OS_MONTHS', 'OS_STATUS') GROUP BY patient_unique_id ) -- Final summary by EGFR status SELECT es.egfr_status, count(DISTINCT es.patient_unique_id) AS n_patients, countIf(startsWith(sd.os_status, '1')) AS n_events_deceased, countIf(startsWith(sd.os_status, '0')) AS n_censored_alive, round(min(sd.os_months), 1) AS min_followup_months, round(max(sd.os_months), 1) AS max_followup_months FROM egfr_status_all es LEFT JOIN survival_data sd ON es.patient_unique_id = sd.patient_unique_id GROUP BY es.egfr_status ORDER BY CASE WHEN egfr_status = 'EGFR_Mutant' THEN 1 WHEN egfr_status = 'EGFR_Amplified' THEN 2 ELSE 3 END ", "max_rows": 100 } ◀ result 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Now let me provide a comprehensive answer with the data I've gathered and the navigation link. --- ## Survival Differences by EGFR Status in Lung Adenocarcinoma I've analyzed the **TCGA Lung Adenocarcinoma PanCancer Atlas** study (566 samples) and identified three groups by EGFR alteration status. Here are the findings: ### Summary by EGFR Status | EGFR Status | Patients | Events (deceased) | Censored (alive) | Follow-up Range (months) | Event Rate | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | **EGFR-Mutant** | 70 | 28 | 38 | 0–109 | 40% | | **EGFR-Amplified** | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3–124 | 55% | | **EGFR Wild-Type** | 485 | 152 | 285 | 0–238 | 31% | **Key observations:** - EGFR wild-type patients represent the majority (85.7% of the cohort with OS data) - EGFR-mutant patients have an **intermediate event rate (40%)** between wild-type (31%) and amplified (55%) - EGFR-amplified patients show the **highest event rate (55%)**, though the group is small (n=11) - Event rates suggest EGFR-amplified may be associated with worse outcomes compared to the other groups ### Important Statistical Notes **I cannot report median overall survival or p-values from the raw data above** — overall survival requires **Kaplan-Meier estimation** because many patients are still alive (censored), and naive medians/means of OS_MONTHS ignore this censoring. To compute **median OS and log-rank p-values** for survival differences between groups, use: 1. **cBioPortal Group Comparison → Survival tab** (recommended — uses standard Kaplan-Meier + log-rank): - [View EGFR alteration status comparison](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/comparison/alterations?cancer_study_list=luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018&gene_list=EGFR&case_set_id=luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018_all) - Navigate to the **Survival** tab after clicking the link above 2. **In R:** ```r library(survival) survfit(Surv(os_months, os_status=="1:DECEASED") ~ egfr_group, data=luad_data) survdiff(Surv(os_months, os_status=="1:DECEASED") ~ egfr_group, data=luad_data) # log-rank ``` 3. **In Python:** ```python from lifelines import KaplanMeierFitter, logrank_test kmf = KaplanMeierFitter() # Fit for each group, then logrank_test(...) ``` The cBioPortal comparison view above will display the Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank p-value directly in the **Survival** tab.