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. 2010 Jul 17;2010:baq015. doi: 10.1093/database/baq015

Table 1.

Cancer variation database: a list of available cancer variation databases including web links

Database URL Gene(s) Mutation type Remark
BLMbase http://bioinf.uta.fi/BLMbase BLM Germline
CASP10base http://bioinf.uta.fi/CASP10base CASP10 Germline
CASP8base http://bioinf.uta.fi/CASP8base CASP8 Germline
Catalog of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) http://www.sanger.ac.uk/genetics/CGP/cosmic/ >13 500 Somatic
Fanconi Anemia Mutation Database http://www.rockefeller.edu/fanconi/mutate/ FANCA, FANCB, FANCC, FANCD1, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, FANCG, FANCI, FANCJ, FANCL, FANCM, FANCN
Genetic Alterations in Cancer DB (GAC) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/databases/gac/ 32 cancer genes Somatic, germline
HNPCC database http://www.insight-group.org/ APC, EPCAM, MUTYH, MSH2, MSH6, MLH1, MLH3, PMS1, PMS2
Human Genome Variation and Genotype/Phenotype Database (HGVbaseG2 P) http://www.hgvbaseg2p.org/index Germline
IARC TP53 database http://www-p53.iarc.fr/ TP53 Somatic, germline
International HapMap Project http://www.hapmap.org/ SNP
KinMutBase http://bioinf.uta.fi/KinMutBase/ Protein kinases Germline
LOVD-ATM http://www.LOVD.nl/ATM ATM Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-B3GALTL http://www.LOVD.nl/B3GALTL B3GALTL Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-BRCA2 http://www.LOVD.nl/BRCA2 BRCA2 Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCA http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCA FANCA Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCB http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCB FANCB Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCC http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCC FANCC Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCD2 http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCD2 FANCD2 Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCE http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCE FANCE Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCF http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCF FANCF Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCG http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCG FANCG Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-FANCL http://www.LOVD.nl/FANCL FANCL Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-MUTYH http://www.LOVD.nl/MUTYH MUTYH Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-NOTCH3 http://www.LOVD.nl/NOTCH3 NOTCH3 Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-NROB1 http://www.LOVD.nl/NROB1 NROB1 Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-OTC http://www.LOVD.nl/OTC OTC Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-TSC1 http://www.LOVD.nl/TSC1 TSC1 Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
LOVD-TSC2 http://www.LOVD.nl/TSC2 TSC2 Germline Uses Leiden Open Variation Database
MDL EGFR Mutation Database http://www.egfr.org/ EGFR Somatic, germline
Mismatch Repair Genes Variant Database http://www.med.mun.ca/mmrvariants/ MSH2,MSH6,MLH1,PMS2 Germline
NCBI dbSNP http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/ SNP
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=omim All genes Germline
PTCH Mutation Database http://www.cybergene.se/PTCH/ PTCH Somatic, germline
Roche Cancer Genome Database (RCGDB) http://rcgdb.bioinf.uni-sb.de/MutomeWeb >10 000 Somatic, SNP
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) http://cancergenome.nih.gov/ >400 Somatic, germline Login for TCGA Data Portal necessary, more disease to come
The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/ac/index.php 2572 Somatic, germline Commercial license: 3611 genes
The TP53 database http://p53.free.fr/ TP53 Somatic, germline
TSH Receptor mutation database http://www.uni-leipzig.de/innere/tsh/ TSHR Somatic, germline
UMD-APC http://www.umd.be/APC/ APC Germline
UMD-BRCA1 http://www.umd.be/BRCA1/ BRCA1 Germline Restricted access
UMD-BRCA2 http://www.umd.be/BRCA2/ BRCA2 Germline Restricted access
UMD-MEN1 http://www.umd.be/MEN1/ MEN1 Germline
UMD-VHL http://www.umd.be/VHL/ VHL Germline
UML-TGFBR2 http://194.167.35.228/TGFBR2/ TGFBR2 Germline
University of Groningen L1CAM Mutation DB http://www.l1cammutationdatabase.info/ L1CAM Somatic
WASbase http://bioinf.uta.fi/WASbase WASP Germline
Werner Syndrome Mutational Database http://www.pathology.washington.edu/research/werner/database/ WRN Germline

For each database the type of mutations as well as the genes have been covered.