Annotating the TCGA somatic mutations in maf format

[svural]

Hi,
I would like to ask a general knowledge question.

Is there a way of scoring the somatic mutations found in TCGA maf files.
Or does it even make sense, will all those mutations make the top scores ?

Annotation tools work on vcf files, is it possible to run them on maf files or do I need to write a script to change maf files to something those annotation tools can work on.

Thanks

Suleyman Vural