期刊
GENETICS IN MEDICINE
卷 19, 期 8, 页码 918-925出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2016.212
关键词
exome sequencing; genome sequencing; next-generation sequencing; taxonomy; uncertainty
资金
- NIH [U01HD006500, U19HD077671, R01HG005092, R01HG02213, U01HG008685, R01-HG006615, R01CA154517, U41HG006834]
- Intramural Research Program at the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
Purpose: Clinical next-generation sequencing (CNGS) is introducing new opportunities and challenges into the practice of medicine. Simultaneously, these technologies are generating uncertainties of an unprecedented scale that laboratories, clinicians, and patients are required to address and manage. We describe in this report the conceptual design of a new taxonomy of uncertainties around the use of CNGS in health care. Methods: Interviews to delineate the dimensions of uncertainty in CNGS were conducted with genomics experts and themes were extracted in order to expand on a previously published three-dimensional taxonomy of medical uncertainty. In parallel, we developed an interactive website to disseminate the CNGS taxonomy to researchers and engage them in its continued refinement. Results: The proposed taxonomy divides uncertainty along three axes-source, issue, and locus- and further discriminates the uncertainties into five layers with multiple domains. Using a hypothetical clinical example, we illustrate how the taxonomy can be applied to findings from CNGS and used to guide stakeholders through interpretation and implementation of variant results. Conclusion: The utility of the proposed taxonomy lies in promoting consistency in describing dimensions of uncertainty in publications and presentations, to facilitate research design and management of the uncertainties inherent in the implementation of CNGS.
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