Table 1.
TIER 1 Variants of Strong Clinical Significance |
TIER 2 Variants of Potential Clinical Significance |
TIER 3 Variants of Unknown Clinical Significance |
TIER 4 Benign or Likely Benign Variants |
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Therapeutic, Prognostic, and Diagnostic Value | Therapeutic, Prognostic, and Diagnostic Value | ||
Level A evidence FDA approved therapy included in guidelines |
Level C evidence FDA-approved therapies for different tumor types or investigational therapies Multiple small, published studies with consensus |
Not observed at a significant allele frequency in the general or specific subpopulation databases or pan-cancer or tumor-specific variant databases No convincing published evidence or cancer association |
Observed at significance allele frequency in the general or specific subpopulation databases No existing published evidence of cancer association |
Level B evidence Well-powered studies with consensus from experts in the field |
Level D evidence Preclinical trials or case reports without consensus |