Information processing device, information processing method, and program

An information processing method executed by an information processing device that selects target sequence variations that are present in a subject and that pose a risk of harm, the method comprising:

• a first filtering step of classifying each of a plurality of sequence variations identified by sequencing nucleic acids contained in the subject, based on a first classification criterion, into either a high category that categorizes sequence variations with a highest likelihood of being selected as the target sequence variations or at least one lower category with a lower likelihood;
• a classification criterion setting step of setting a classification criterion of being registered in a database or list, as a second classification criterion different from the first classification criterion for classification into the high category;
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• a second filtering step of reclassifying the sequence variations, which have been classified into the lower category by processing in the first filtering step but satisfy the second classification criterion, into the high category.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer that selects target sequence variations that are present in a subject and that pose a risk of harm to execute control processing comprising:

• a first filtering step of classifying each of a plurality of sequence variations identified by sequencing nucleic acids contained in the subject, based on a first classification criterion, into either a high category that categorizes sequence variations with a highest likelihood of being selected as the target sequence variations or at least one lower category with a lower likelihood;
• a classification criterion setting step of setting a classification criterion of being registered in a database or list, as a second classification criterion different from the first classification criterion for classification into the high category;
• and
• a second filtering step of reclassifying the sequence variations, which have been classified into the lower category by processing in the first filtering step but satisfy the second classification criterion, into the high category.