The COSMIC gene census list is just the genes that the COSMIC project has curated. These are all bona fide cancer genes. The csv file was downloaded offline, since signin is required.
cosmic_census()
See https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/census
cosmic_census()#>#> #> #>#>#> # A tibble: 719 x 20 #> `Gene Symbol` Name `Entrez GeneId` `Genome Locatio… Tier Hallmark #> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl> <chr> #> 1 A1CF APOB… 29974 10:50806729-508… 2 NA #> 2 ABI1 abl-… 10006 10:26748570-268… 1 Yes #> 3 ABL1 v-ab… 25 9:130835447-130… 1 Yes #> 4 ABL2 c-ab… 27 1:179107718-179… 1 NA #> 5 ACKR3 atyp… 57007 2:236580466-236… 1 Yes #> 6 ACSL3 acyl… 2181 2:222908773-222… 1 Yes #> 7 ACSL6 acyl… 23305 5:131954234-132… 2 NA #> 8 ACVR1 acti… 90 2:157737531-157… 1 Yes #> 9 ACVR2A acti… 92 2:147845153-147… 1 NA #> 10 AFF1 AF4/… 4299 4:87007409-8713… 1 Yes #> # … with 709 more rows, and 14 more variables: `Chr Band` <chr>, Somatic <chr>, #> # Germline <chr>, `Tumour Types(Somatic)` <chr>, `Tumour #> # Types(Germline)` <chr>, `Cancer Syndrome` <chr>, `Tissue Type` <chr>, #> # `Molecular Genetics` <chr>, `Role in Cancer` <chr>, `Mutation Types` <chr>, #> # `Translocation Partner` <chr>, `Other Germline Mut` <chr>, `Other #> # Syndrome` <chr>, Synonyms <chr>