Table 1. Characteristics of GEO datasets.

GEO ID	Disease	Cancer origin	Cancer type	Num. of patients
GSE77871	Adrenocortical carcinomas	Adrenal gland	Primary	18
GSE78751	Triple negative breast cancer	Breast	Primary, metastatic	23
				12
GSE101764	Colorectal cancer	Colorectal	Primary	112
GSE38268	Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma	Head and neck	Primary	6
GSE89852	hepatocellular carcinomas	Liver	Primary	37
GSE49149	Pancreatic cancer	Pancreas	Primary	167
GSE112047	Prostate cancer	Prostate	Primary	31
GSE38240	Prostate cancer	Prostate	Primary, metastatic	2
				6
GSE73549	Prostate cancer	Prostate	Metastatic	18
GSE86961	Papillary thyroid cancer	Thyroid	Primary	82
GSE52955	Urology cancer	Kidney, Bladder, prostate	Primary	17, 25, 25