Identifying tumorigenic non-coding mutations through altered cis-regulation

Identification of non-coding mutations driving tumorigenesis requires alternative approaches to coding mutations. Enriched associations between mutated regulatory elements and altered cis-regulation in tumors are a promising approach to stratify candidate non-coding driver mutations. Here we provide a bioinformatics pipeline to mine data from the Cancer Genomic Commons (GDC) for such associations. The pipeline integrates RNA and whole-genome sequencing with genotyping data to reveal putative non-coding driver mutations by cancer type. For complete information on the generation and use of this protocol, please refer to Cheng et al. (2021).