READ ME File For Analysis of cancerous and pre-cancerous skin lesions to generate a repository for 
studying the mutation burden of UV

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2393

ReadMe Author: Noeline Dharini Nadarajah, University of Southampton

This dataset supports the thesis entitled Analysis of cancerous and pre-cancerous skin lesions to generate a repository for 
studying the mutation burden of UV 
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2022

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This dataset contains Mutation Annotation Format (MAF) files for the analyses conducted in the thesis 'Analysis of cancerous and pre-cancerous skin lesions to generate a repository for studying the mutation burden of UV'.
The MAF datasets were obtained using data collated from the COSMIC database, GDC portal and literature searches.

This dataset contains:
cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) MAF file
Oropharyngeal SCC MAF file
Lung SCC MAF file
Oesophageal SCC MAF file
Cervical SCC MAF file
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) MAF file
Melanoma MAF file


Date of data collection: October 2017 - February 2020

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K.

Licence:
CC BY 4.0

Related projects/Funders:
Psoriasis Association



Date that the file was created: October, 2022