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. 2020 Dec 15;10(12):1092. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10121092

Table 1.

Level of actionability of the molecular variants.

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
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