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在TCGA肺腺癌研究中,EGFR突变的频率是多少?
在 Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA, PanCancer Atlas) 中,566 个检测样本中有 70 个(12.4%)携带 EGFR 突变。
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那 KRAS 呢?
▶ read_guide
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"uri": "cbioportal://mutation-frequency-guide"
}
◀ 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 … (36467 more chars)
▶ clickhouse_run_select_query
{
"query": "SELECT * FROM gene_mutation_frequency_in_study(study='luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018', gene='KRAS')"
}
▶ resolve_and_route
{
"studyIds": [
"luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018"
]
}
◀ result
{"rows":[{"cancer_type":"Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer","altered_samples":168,"profiled_samples":566,"frequency_pct":29.7}]}
◀ result
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▶ navigate_to_results_view
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"luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018"
],
"genes": [
"KRAS: MUT"
],
"tab": "mutations"
}
◀ result
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▶ navigate_to_study_view
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],
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"categorization": "MUTATED",
"hugoGeneSymbol": "KRAS",
"profileType": "mutations",
"values": [
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"value": "MUTATED"
}
]
]
}
]
}
}
◀ result
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═ answer (success)
在 Lung Adenocarcinoma (TCGA, PanCancer Atlas) 中,566 个检测样本里有 168 个(29.7%)携带 KRAS 突变。这是样本层面的统计。
作为对比,EGFR 突变率为 12.4%(70/566)。
- [查看 KRAS 突变位点分布(Mutations 标签页)](https://www.cbioportal.org/results/mutations?cancer_study_list=luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018&gene_list=KRAS%3A+MUT&case_set_id=luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018_all)
- [在 StudyView 中查看 KRAS 突变的队列](https://www.cbioportal.org/study/summary?id=luad_tcga_pan_can_atlas_2018#filterJson=%7B%22mutationDataFilters%22%3A%5B%7B%22categorization%22%3A%22MUTATED%22%2C%22hugoGeneSymbol%22%3A%22KRAS%22%2C%22profileType%22%3A%22mutations%22%2C%22values%22%3A%5B%5B%7B%22value%22%3A%22MUTATED%22%7D%5D%5D%7D%5D%7D)
Mutations 标签页的页面说明:带有 lollipop 图的详细突变表,显示被查询基因的突变位置、类型和频率。