Table 1.
Projected Timeline of the Three Critical Criteria
| Future | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Intermediate | Far | |
| Benefit | Low: Our body of knowledge about genetic risk and disease variants is still relatively shallow. We do not have enough data to estimate the probability of clinical benefit for any individual. |
High: A large body of knowledge about the disease risk from specific variants has accumulated. Genomic analysis is likely to yield clinically beneficial information for any individual. |
High: A large body of knowledge about the disease risk from specific variants has accumulated. Genomic analysis is likely to yield clinically beneficial information for any individual. |
| Uniqueness of access | High: Access to genomic sequencing and analysis is available almost exclusively through research. |
High: Access to genomic sequencing and analysis is available almost exclusively through research. |
Low: Genomic sequencing and analysis is widely available through standard clinical care. |
| Burden | High: Considerable time, effort and resources are needed to manually evaluate a large number of potentially significant variants. |
Low: Technological advances make identifying significant variants in a genome simple and efficient. |
Low: Technological advances make identifying significant variants in a genome simple and efficient. |