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Datasets/TCGA-LAML

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

MixedMachine-extracted
TCGAAvailable from GDC

Can it answer your research question?

3 of 6 supported
  • Overall survival

    Supported

    Vital status and time are populated; median follow-up 1.0 years; 188 cases with follow-up; endpoint: overall survival.API

  • Progression or recurrence

    Not supported

    progression_or_recurrence is informative for no case in the harmonized records.API

  • Treatment response

    Not supported

    treatment_outcome is populated for no case in the harmonized records.API

  • Which drug was given

    Supported

    therapeutic_agents is recorded for 100% of cases.API

  • Stage-adjusted modelling

    Not supported

    ajcc_pathologic_stage is informative for no case in the harmonized records.API

  • Analysis by race or ethnicity

    Supported

    Race is informative for 99% of cases.API

Judged from the repository’s own field completeness (thresholds). “Not measured” means we have not probed that field for this record, not that the data lack it.

At a glance

Every percentage is the repository’s own record of what is filled in
CasesAPI
200
Measurement types
8
8,839 files, 39 TB
Follow-upAPI
12.0 months
for 188 of 200 cases; overall survival
Treatment responseAPI
Not recorded

SubjectCALC

Myeloid

As filed by the repository

Myeloid LeukemiasHematopoietic and reticuloendothelial systems

Who is in the cohortAPI

A usable value“Not reported” or “unknown”No value recorded
  • Sex109 male · 91 female
  • Race181 white · 15 black or african american · 2 asian · 2 not reported
  • Ethnicity194 not hispanic or latino · 3 hispanic or latino · 3 not reported
  • Vital status133 dead · 67 alive

Age at diagnosis

Median 58, middle half 45–68, range 18–89 years across 200 cases.

What was measured, and on how many

8 measurement types, 2 covering the whole cohort.

  • Bulk RNA sequencing151 of 200 · 76%
  • microRNA sequencing188 of 200 · 94%
  • Whole genome sequencing50 of 200 · 25%
  • Whole exome sequencing150 of 200 · 75%
  • SNP genotyping array (copy number, germline)200 of 200 · 100%
  • DNA methylation array194 of 200 · 97%
  • Gene expression microarray183 of 200 · 92%
  • Clinical200 of 200 · 100%
  • Structural Variation151 of 200 · 76%
Platform, files and data levels
AssayPlatformFilesLevels
Bulk RNA sequencingAPIillumina1,359-
microRNA sequencingAPIillumina564-
Whole genome sequencingAPIillumina118-
Whole exome sequencingAPIillumina2,579-
SNP genotyping array (copy number, germline)APIillumina2,466-
DNA methylation arrayAPIillumina1,164-
Gene expression microarrayAPIillumina183-
ClinicalAPI-201-
Structural VariationAPI-604-
How complete all 29 clinical fields are - 14 informative for at least 80% of cases

A field counts as informative only when it holds a real value. “Not reported” blocks an analysis just as a missing field does. Fields marked 1:n can hold several records per case, so they show the share of cases with any record.

Informative - a usable valuePresent but uninformative - “not reported” or “unknown”Absent - no value recorded

Outcome

  • Vital statusAPI100%
  • Cause of deathAPI0%
  • Progression or recurrenceAPI0%
  • Last known disease statusAPI0%

Follow-up

  • Disease response at follow-upAPI0%
  • Progression at follow-upAPI0%
  • ECOG performance statusAPI0%

Treatment

  • Prior treatmentAPI100%
  • Treatment typeAPI100%
  • Treatment given1:nAPI100%
  • Therapeutic agents1:nAPI100%
  • Treatment outcomeAPI0%
  • Regimen or line of therapyAPI0%

Staging

  • AJCC pathologic stageAPI0%
  • AJCC clinical stageAPI0%

Diagnosis

  • Primary diagnosisAPI100%
  • Prior malignancyAPI100%
  • Synchronous malignancyAPI100%
  • Tissue or organ of originAPI>99%

Pathology

  • Morphology (ICD-O)API100%
  • Classification of tumorAPI100%
  • Tumor gradeAPI0%

Demographics

  • Sex at birthAPI100%
  • RaceAPI99%
  • EthnicityAPI99%
  • Population groupAPI0%
  • Country of residenceAPI0%

Exposure

  • Tobacco smoking statusAPI0%
  • Alcohol historyAPI0%

Access

MixedSome components are open; others need approval.

Data Access Request through dbGaP using an eRA Commons account; institutional signing official approval required

Open components
4,099 open-access files
Controlled components
4,740 controlled-access files
Typical turnaround
days to a few weeks after signing official approval
License
NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy terms
Citation requirement
Cite the dataset accession and the program's publication guidelines; see the GDC publication policy.

What it is good for

Written and checked by a reviewer, not generated from metadata.

No reviewed research questions yet. The measurements and field completeness above are machine-extracted and still useful for judging fit.

What it cannot tell you

Written by a reviewer against the source, not inferred from what is missing.

No reviewed limitations yet. Check the field completeness chart above before committing to an analysis. Low coverage on an endpoint you need is the most common blocker.

Who has used it

Articles that analyzed these data, counted separately from articles that only cited the paper. Only the first counts as reuse.

Analyzed the dataCALC2
441
accession in the methods; 100% of a 29-article sample really cited it
Declared using it
63
named in a data availability statement
Cited the paper
4,096
attention to the publication, not reuse of the data
Against expectation
As expected or above
about 71 articles expected; index 2.63

What articles did with it

Only the last row counts as reuse. Where the accession appears in an article tells us what the authors did with the data.

  • Cited the paper4,096
  • Mentioned the dataset31
  • Accession found in text0
  • Declared using it63
  • Analyzed the data441

Against comparable datasets

441 articles analyzed these data. About 71 would be expected. The expectation comes from a model of size, age, breadth and access tier.

  • Analyzed it441
  • Expected~71
Well known, little used
The publication has 4,096 citations, about 9 for every article that analyzed the data. The finding travelled further than the resource did.
Reuse assessment
  • Reuse is within the expected range for comparable datasets (index +2.63).

Compared against 132 datasets in this corpus with a citable accession and sufficient metadata. See Methods for the model.

Original publication

Articles that analyzed the data

Examples, not the full list. 112 articles matching this dataset's accession search were retrieved and graded individually; these are the strongest of those.

Deep-review sample: author overlap and funding were checked only for the 10 articles listed here, not for every article examined. Of the 10 that analyzed the data, 10 of the 10 we could check had no author in common with the generating team, and 0 of the 10 we could check were themselves NCI-funded. These are sample counts, not population estimates.

Community examples

Share your example

Analyses someone ran on these data end to end, each with a receipt recording when it ran, against which packages and for how long.

Nobody has shared an analysis of this dataset yet. The examples on other datasets cover the common patterns and can be adapted - and if you adapt one, it belongs here.

Start here

Starter code generated from this record’s own identifiers, then the access steps.

Get the data in code

GDC: list open files and download thempython

Open-access files need no account. Controlled files need an approved dbGaP request and a token passed to gdc-client.

import json, requests

PROJECT = "TCGA-LAML"
filters = {"op": "and", "content": [
    {"op": "in", "content": {"field": "cases.project.project_id", "value": [PROJECT]}},
    {"op": "in", "content": {"field": "access", "value": ["open"]}},
]}
params = {"filters": json.dumps(filters),
          "fields": "file_id,file_name,data_category,data_type,file_size",
          "size": "10000", "format": "JSON"}
files = requests.get("https://api.gdc.cancer.gov/files", params=params, timeout=60).json()["data"]["hits"]
print(len(files), "open files")

# Write a manifest and fetch with the GDC client (https://gdc.cancer.gov/access-data/gdc-data-transfer-tool)
with open("manifest.txt", "w") as fh:
    fh.write("id\n" + "\n".join(f["file_id"] for f in files))
# $ gdc-client download -m manifest.txt
GDC: clinical table for every casepython
import json, requests

filters = {"op": "in", "content": {"field": "project.project_id", "value": ["TCGA-LAML"]}}
params = {"filters": json.dumps(filters), "size": "5000", "format": "TSV",
          "fields": ",".join([
              "submitter_id", "demographic.vital_status", "demographic.days_to_death",
              "diagnoses.days_to_last_follow_up", "diagnoses.ajcc_pathologic_stage",
              "diagnoses.treatments.treatment_type", "diagnoses.treatments.treatment_outcome"])}
tsv = requests.get("https://api.gdc.cancer.gov/cases", params=params, timeout=60).text
open("TCGA-LAML_clinical.tsv", "w").write(tsv)
This page as data: limitations firstbash
curl -s https://cd2s.vercel.app/data/datasets/gdc-tcga-laml.json | python3 -c '
import json, sys
r = json.load(sys.stdin)
for l in r["limitations"]:
    print(l["severity"].upper(), "-", l["statement"][:120])
print("survival endpoint:", r["longitudinal"]["has_survival_endpoint"], "| treatment response:", r["longitudinal"]["has_treatment_response"])'

Access steps

  1. 1
    Open the project in the GDC Data PortalFor people5 minutes

    Check the portal's current case and file counts before requesting anything; the cohort can change after this record was built.

    https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov/projects/TCGA-LAML

    Generated from repository policy. Check the linked policy before downloading.

  2. 2
    Download the open files without an accountFor peopleminutes to hours, by cohort size

    4,099 open-access files are marked open access. Add them to a portal cart, export a manifest, and fetch it with the GDC Data Transfer Tool.

    gdc-client download -m gdc_manifest.txt
    https://gdc.cancer.gov/access-data/gdc-data-transfer-tool

    Generated from repository policy. Check the linked policy before downloading.

  3. 3
    Request controlled access through dbGaPFor peopledays to a few weeks after signing official approval

    4,740 controlled-access files require an approved data access request. The request starts at dbGaP, not in the portal. The relevant study is phs000178.

    Requires: eRA Commons account, institutional signing official approval, dbGaP data access request for phs000178

    https://gdc.cancer.gov/access-data/obtaining-access-controlled-data

    Generated from repository policy. Check the linked policy before downloading.

  4. 4
    Download controlled files with your tokenFor people

    An approved request yields a token. The same manifest fetches nothing controlled without it.

    Requires: approved dbGaP request, GDC authentication token

    gdc-client download -m gdc_manifest.txt -t gdc-user-token.txt
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/study.cgi?study_id=phs000178

    Generated from repository policy. Check the linked policy before downloading.

  5. 5
    Query the project from code, with no credentialsFor agents

    The file index is public even where files are not, so an agent can size the cohort before anyone requests access.

    curl -s 'https://api.gdc.cancer.gov/files' --get \
      --data-urlencode 'filters={"op":"in","content":{"field":"cases.project.project_id","value":["TCGA-LAML"]}}' \
      --data-urlencode 'fields=file_id,file_name,data_type' \
      --data-urlencode 'size=10000' --data-urlencode 'format=TSV'
    https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/API/Users_Guide/Getting_Started/

    Generated from repository policy. Check the linked policy before downloading.

  6. 6
    Pass the token when the agent needs controlled filesFor agents

    Without a token, an API query may return only the open subset. Compare returned counts with the record before treating them as the whole cohort.

    Requires: GDC authentication token

    curl -H "X-Auth-Token: $GDC_TOKEN" https://api.gdc.cancer.gov/data/<file_id>
    https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/API/Users_Guide/Getting_Started/

    Generated from repository policy. Check the linked policy before downloading.

Provenance

All of it, and more, is in this record’s JSON.

Identifiers

Versions and verification

Released
1 Jan 2016
Metadata retrieved
18 Sept 2026
Review status
Machine-extracted
Data generation funding
Funded data generation

Funding

Awards resolved through NIH RePORTER. Awards that paid to generate these data are listed apart from awards that paid to reuse them. Both are returns on NCI investment, but different ones.

Funded data generation

  • U24CA144025Harvard Genome Characterization CenterRaju S. KucherlapatiFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143883Integrative Pipeline for Analysis & Translational Application of TCGA Data (GDAC)Rehan Akbani, GORDON B. MILLSFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143882The USC-JHU Cancer Epigenome Characterization CenterSTEPHEN B. BAYLIN, Daniel Joseph WeisenbergerFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143867Genome Characterization Center (GCC)Stacey Gabriel, Matthew L. MeyersonFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143866Cancer transcriptome characterization using massively parallel DNA sequencingMarco Antonio MarraFY2009-2015API
  • U24CA143858UCSC-Buck Inst. Genome Data Analysis Center for TCGA Research Network (GDAC)Christopher Benz, DAVID H HAUSSLERFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143848Gene Expression Patterns in Human Tumors Identified Using Transcript SequencingDavid N Hayes, CHARLES M PEROUFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143845The Cancer Genome Atlas Data Analysis CenterLYNDA CHIN, GAD A GETZFY2009-2016API
  • U24CA143843The BCM Tumor Genome Characterization CenterRICHARD A GIBBS, David Andrew WheelerFY2009-2013API
  • U24CA143840MSKCC Center for Translational Cancer Genomic AnalysisMarc Ladanyi, CHRIS SANDERFY2009-2016API

and 6 more

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