Installation
if (!("remotes" %in% installed.packages()) {
install.packages("remotes")
}
remotes::install_github('sigven/phenOncoX')Get OncoTree terms
This shows how to retrieve cancer phenotype terms in, as defined in OncoTree (max tree depth = 2)
## load the data
download_dir <- tempdir()
oncotree <- phenOncoX::get_tree(
cache_dir = download_dir, max_tree_depth = 2)
## Number of records
nrow(oncotree$records)
#> [1] 249
## Show metadata for underlying resources
oncotree$metadata
#> source source_description
#> 1 OncoTree A cancer classification system for precision oncology
#> source_url
#> 1 http://oncotree.mskcc.org/#/home
#> source_citation source_version
#> 1 Kundra et al., JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 2021; 33625877 2025_10_03
#> source_abbreviation source_license
#> 1 oncotree CC BY 4.0
#> source_license_url
#> 1 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Get all (OncoTree-expanded) cancer phenotype terms
## get all cancer phenotype terms
oncoterms <- phenOncoX::get_terms(
cache_dir = download_dir)
## Number of records
nrow(oncoterms$records)
#> [1] 25492Number of (OncoTree-expanded) cancer phenotype terms per primary tumor type/tissue
## get all cancer phenotype terms
oncoterms <- phenOncoX::get_terms(
cache_dir = download_dir)
## Number of records
as.data.frame(oncoterms$records |>
dplyr::filter(!is.na(primary_site)) |>
dplyr::group_by(primary_site) |>
dplyr::summarise(num_terms = dplyr::n(),
.groups = "drop") |>
dplyr::arrange(dplyr::desc(num_terms)))
#> primary_site num_terms
#> 1 Lymphoid 4113
#> 2 Soft Tissue 2799
#> 3 Head and Neck 2331
#> 4 CNS/Brain 2277
#> 5 Skin 1820
#> 6 Myeloid 1772
#> 7 Lung 1142
#> 8 Colon/Rectum 1009
#> 9 Ovary/Fallopian Tube 885
#> 10 Breast 764
#> 11 Esophagus/Stomach 739
#> 12 Bone 491
#> 13 Bladder/Urinary Tract 488
#> 14 Uterus 455
#> 15 Kidney 413
#> 16 Biliary Tract 398
#> 17 Liver 386
#> 18 Pancreas 347
#> 19 Cervix 286
#> 20 Peripheral Nervous System 280
#> 21 Eye 279
#> 22 Vulva/Vagina 260
#> 23 Thyroid 241
#> 24 Testis 236
#> 25 Prostate 221
#> 26 Other/Unknown 171
#> 27 Pleura 117
#> 28 Peritoneum 101
#> 29 Thymus 87
#> 30 Adrenal Gland 72
#> 31 Penis 60
#> 32 Ampulla of Vater 46Get all (OncoTree-expanded) cancer phenotype terms relevant for prostate cancer
## get all oncoterms for prostate cancer
oncoterms_prostate <- phenOncoX::get_terms(
cache_dir = download_dir,
site = "Prostate")
## Make as datatable
prostate_terms_table <- DT::datatable(
dplyr::select(
oncoterms_prostate$records,
primary_site, cui, cui_name,
dplyr::everything()),
escape = FALSE,
extensions = c("Buttons", "Responsive"),
width = "100%",
options = list(
buttons = c("csv", "excel"),
dom = "Bfrtip"))Session Info
# set eval = FALSE if you don't want this info (useful for reproducibility)
# to appear
sessionInfo()
#> R version 4.5.2 (2025-10-31)
#> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
#> Running under: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
#>
#> Matrix products: default
#> BLAS: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas-pthread/libblas.so.3
#> LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas-pthread/libopenblasp-r0.3.26.so; LAPACK version 3.12.0
#>
#> locale:
#> [1] LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=C.UTF-8
#> [4] LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=C.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C.UTF-8
#> [7] LC_PAPER=C.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C
#> [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=C.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
#>
#> time zone: UTC
#> tzcode source: system (glibc)
#>
#> attached base packages:
#> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
#>
#> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
#> [1] jsonlite_2.0.0 dplyr_1.1.4 compiler_4.5.2 crayon_1.5.3
#> [5] tidyselect_1.2.1 phenOncoX_1.1.1 jquerylib_0.1.4 systemfonts_1.3.1
#> [9] textshaping_1.0.4 yaml_2.3.12 fastmap_1.2.0 R6_2.6.1
#> [13] generics_0.1.4 curl_7.0.0 knitr_1.51 htmlwidgets_1.6.4
#> [17] tibble_3.3.0 desc_1.4.3 bslib_0.9.0 pillar_1.11.1
#> [21] rlang_1.1.6 DT_0.34.0 cachem_1.1.0 lgr_0.5.0
#> [25] xfun_0.55 fs_1.6.6 sass_0.4.10 otel_0.2.0
#> [29] cli_3.6.5 withr_3.0.2 pkgdown_2.2.0 magrittr_2.0.4
#> [33] crosstalk_1.2.2 digest_0.6.39 lifecycle_1.0.4 vctrs_0.6.5
#> [37] evaluate_1.0.5 gargle_1.6.0 glue_1.8.0 ragg_1.5.0
#> [41] googledrive_2.1.2 httr_1.4.7 rmarkdown_2.30 purrr_1.2.0
#> [45] tools_4.5.2 pkgconfig_2.0.3 htmltools_0.5.9References
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