OncoDataSets

0.1.0

A Comprehensive Collection of Cancer Types and Cancer-Related Datasets

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Overview

About

Maintained by Renzo Caceres RossiFirst published 2024-12-101 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Offers a rich collection of data focused on cancer research, covering survival rates, genetic studies, biomarkers, and epidemiological insights. Designed for researchers, analysts, and bioinformatics practitioners, the package includes datasets on various cancer types such as melanoma, leukemia, breast, ovarian, and lung cancer, among others. It aims to facilitate advanced research, analysis, and understanding of cancer epidemiology, genetics, and treatment outcomes.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("OncoDataSets", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("lightbluetitan/oncodatasets")

Development version from lightbluetitan/oncodatasets. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-oncodatasets

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-OncoDataSets

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-OncoDataSets

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

1NOTE12OK

Failing flavors

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

Slowest check: 1.8 min · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 2.34

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

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NOTE2026-08-01
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OK2026-07-16
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WARNING2026-07-15
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 209 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: not tracked
Documented parameters: 0%
Return-value docs: 0%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

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Repository

GitHub ↗ lightbluetitan/oncodatasets

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2 commits · Last activity 2024-12-10

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Dependencies

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5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

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Suggests (5)

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People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Renzo Caceres Rossi

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Renzo Caceres Rossi

Author, Maintainer

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Rossi

no longer listed · 0.1.0

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.1.0Latest
2026-03-10 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2024-12-10
Total releases: 1 / 2 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 811 KB / 55 files
Download size: 1.0 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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