TABLE 2.

Comparison of online single- and multi-omics databases.

Database name	Database type	Omics-types	Raw-data inspection platform	Clinical data availability	Analysis feature	Multi-cohort/dataset comparison	Multi-omics integration feature	Visualization feature
TCGA	Cancer-specific	Genomics	GDC portal	+	+	+	+	+
		Epigenomics Transcriptomics
		Proteomics
ICGC	Cancer-specific	Genomics Transcriptomics	ICGC data portal	+	+	+	+	+
COSMIC	Cancer-specific	Genomics	Available	+	+	+	–	+
TPA*	Cancer-specific	TMA-based IHC*	Available	+	+	+	–	+
GEO	Generalized#	Transcriptomics	Available	+	+	–	–	+
PRIDE	Generalized#	Proteomics	Available	–	–	–	–	–

TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas; ICGC, International Cancer Genome Consortium; COSMIC, Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer; TPA, The Pathology Atlas; GEO, Gene Expression Omnibus; PRIDE, PRoteomics IDEntifications. *Tissue-microarray based immunohistochemistry; #These databases integrate data from healthy subjects and cancer patients; + indicates availability; – indicates unavailability.