Table Info

Genes	Tumor	Normal
PRF1	2.82	0.32
GZMA	7.96	0.32
CD8A	4.05	0.69
CD3D	9.98	0.41
NKG7	7.93	0.58
IL7R	7.61	0.67
IL2RG	61.42	0.75

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