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 Package: cbioportalR
 Title: Browse and Query Clinical and Genomic Data from cBioPortal
-Version: 1.1.0.9000
+Version: 1.1.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Karissa",
            family = "Whiting",
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-# cbioportalR (development version)
-
 # cbioportalR 1.1.0
 
 * Added `available_sample_lists()` function which returns all available sample list IDs for a given study ID