Statement¶
The Evidence Statement is a brief summary of the clinical relevance of the Molecular Profile (Variant) in the context of a specific Disease, Evidence Type and Significance as described in the cited literature source.
Understanding Evidence Statements¶
The evidence statement field is a description of evidence from published medical literature detailing the association of or lack of association of a molecular profile (variant) with predictive, diagnostic, prognostic, predisposing, oncogenic or functional relevance to a specific disease (and treatment for predictive evidence). The format used for an evidence statement can vary, but it is recommended that this statement contain the following: a reiteration of the evidence type, molecular profile (variant), gene, and disease, any comparison made or therapeutics used (e.g., arms of clinical trial), the number of individuals (or cell lines) in the study, the conclusion from the study, and statistical comparisons that support the conclusion (e.g., p-values, R2, confidence intervals, etc.). Detailed examples of specific types of evidence statements can be found below. Of note, data constituting protected health information (PHI) should not be entered in the evidence statement field.
Curating Evidence Statements¶
Evidence Statements should be:
derived from primary literature sources (not review articles) whenever possible.
as concise as possible while providing sufficient experimental detail to interpret and evaluate the evidence (N values, statistics, etc.).
a single Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic, Predisposing, Oncogenic or Functional statement, not a combination.
aimed at a general audience, avoiding field-specific acronyms and colloquialisms.
Multiple, separate Evidence Items can be and often are derived from a single publication.
Generally, Evidence Statements involving drugs should be classified as being of the Predictive Evidence Type.