#NEWLINE# def getCancerStudies( self ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# "Fetches the list of cancer studies currently in the database.\n\n        Returns list of dictionaries with three entries\n        'cancer_study_id','name' and 'description'.  Also caches this\n        data to verify the validity of later calls\n        " #NEWLINE# cancer_studies = self . _executeQuery ( 'getCancerStudies' ) #NEWLINE# self . cancer_studies = cancer_studies #NEWLINE# self . _valid_study_ids = [ x [ 'cancer_study_id' ] for x in cancer_studies ] #NEWLINE# return self . cancer_studies