Dr Lucy Yates
Position: Clinical Consultant
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I use cutting-edge genomic technologies to explore the evolutionary basis of clinical cancer progression.
My previous work helped to uncover the genomic basis of breast cancer, intra-tumour heterogeneity and the evolutionary patterns underlying metastasis. My current work draws on novel genomic technologies such as in-situ sequencing and single-cell combined genomic and transcriptomic sequencing (G&T-seq). I am using these approaches to understand why some very early breast tumours transform into invasive cancers while others remain indolent and to explore how, after primary treatment some breast cancers are able to enter an undetectable (dormant or sleeping) state for decades prior to reappearing in a more aggressive form. My ultimate aim is to translate this biological knowledge into better treatments for people living with cancer.
Yates LR, Knappskog S, Wedge D, Farmery JHR, Gonzalez S, Martincorena I, Alexandrov LB, Van Loo P, Haugland HK, Lilleng PK, Gundem G, Gerstung M, Pappaemmanuil E, Gazinska P, Bhosle SG, Jones D, Raine K, Mudie L, Latimer C, Sawyer E, Desmedt C, Sotiriou C, Stratton MR, Sieuwerts AM, Lynch AG, Martens JW, Richardson AL, Tutt A, Lonning PE, Campbell PJ. Genomic Evolution of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Relapse. Cancer Cell. 2017;32(2):169-84 e7.
Yates LR, Gerstung M, Knappskog S, Desmedt C, Gundem G, Van Loo P, Aas T, Alexandrov LB, Larsimont D, Davies H, Li Y, Ju YS, Ramakrishna M, Haugland HK, Lilleng PK, Nik-Zainal S, McLaren S, Butler A, Martin S, Glodzik D, Menzies A, Raine K, Hinton J, Jones D, Mudie LJ, Jiang B, Vincent D, Greene-Colozzi A, Adnet PY, Fatima A, Maetens M, Ignatiadis M, Stratton MR, Sotiriou C, Richardson AL, Lonning PE, Wedge DC, Campbell PJ. Subclonal diversification of primary breast cancer revealed by multiregion sequencing. Nat Med. 2015;21(7):751-9.
de Bruin EC, McGranahan N, Mitter R, Salm M, Wedge DC, Yates L, Jamal-Hanjani M, Shafi S, Murugaesu N, Rowan AJ, Gronroos E, Muhammad MA, Horswell S, Gerlinger M, Varela I, Jones D, Marshall J, Voet T, Van Loo P, Rassl DM, Rintoul RC, Janes SM, Lee SM, Forster M, Ahmad T, Lawrence D, Falzon M, Capitanio A, Harkins TT, Lee CC, Tom W, Teefe E, Chen SC, Begum S, Rabinowitz A, Phillimore B, Spencer-Dene B, Stamp G, Szallasi Z, Matthews N, Stewart A, Campbell P, Swanton C. Spatial and temporal diversity in genomic instability processes defines lung cancer evolution. Science. 2014;346(6206):251-6.
