      <td>Retrieves meta-data regarding cancer studies stored on the server.</td>
    </tr>
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        <td>Query Format</td>
        <td><strong>cmd=getCancerStudies</strong> (required)</td>
    </tr>
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        <td>Response Format</td>
        <td><p>A tab-delimited file with three columns:</p>
            <ul>
                <li><strong>cancer_study_id:</strong>  a unique ID that should be used to identify the cancer study in subsequent interface calls.  </li>
                <li><strong>name