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. 2023 Jun 15;14:1191262. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1191262

TABLE 1.

Abbreviations and full names of TCGA cancer types.

Abbreviation TCGA pan-cancer - tumor type TCGA TARGET GTEx
ACC Adrenocortical Cancer Adrenocortical Cancer
BLCA Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma Bladder Cancer
BRCA Breast Invasive Carcinoma Breast Cancer
CESC Cervical & Endocervical Cancer Cervical Cancer
CHOL Cholangiocarcinoma Bile Duct Cancer
COAD Colon Adenocarcinoma Colon Cancer
DLBC Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Large B-cell Lymphoma
ESCA Esophageal Carcinoma Esophageal Cancer
GBM Glioblastoma Multiforme Glioblastoma
HNSC Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Head and Neck Cancer
KICH Kidney Chromophobe Kidney Chromophobe
KIRC Kidney Clear Cell Carcinoma Kidney Clear Cell Carcinoma
KIRP Kidney Papillary Cell Carcinoma Kidney Papillary Cell Carcinoma
LAML Acute Myeloid Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia
LGG Brain Lower Grade Glioma Lower Grade Glioma
LIHC Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Cancer
LUAD Lung Adenocarcinom Lung Adenocarcinoma
LUSC Lung Squamous Cell Carcinom Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma
MESO Mesotheliom Mesothelioma
OV Ovarian Serous Cystadenocarcinoma Ovarian Cancer
PAAD Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Pancreatic Cancer
PCPG Pheochromocytoma & Paraganglioma Pheochromocytoma & Paraganglioma
PRAD Prostate Adenocarcinoma Prostate Cancer
READ Rectum Adenocarcinoma Rectal Cancer
SARC Sarcoma Sarcoma
SKCM Skin Cutaneous Melanoma Melanoma
STAD Stomach Adenocarcinoma Stomach Cancer
TGCT Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Testicular Cancer
THCA Thyroid Carcinoma Thyroid Cancer
THYM Thymoma Thymoma
UCEC Uterine Corpus Endometrioid Carcinoma Endometrioid Cancer
UCS Uterine Carcinosarcoma Uterine Carcinosarcoma
UVM Uveal Melanoma Ocular melanomas