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About

I am a medical oncologist with a special interest in colorectal cancer.

My research is aimed at understanding the features of colorectal cancer that predict how a patient will experience the disease, such as whether they will respond to therapy and whether they are at risk of recurrence following surgery.

I am also exploring whether a simple blood test could be used for the early detection of cancer, diagnosing tumours before they spread, when the chance of cure is high.

Research interest

My research focuses on understanding the clinical utility of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), particularly in early stage disease.

ctDNA is shed by tumour cells into the blood and can be used as a type of ‘liquid biopsy’, revealing features of the tumour that may predict disease course or response to therapy. Our group recently found that ctDNA analysis detects minimal residual disease and predicts recurrence in patients with stage II colon cancer.

I am now performing prospective, randomised studies in stage II colon and stage III colon cancer, where patients are randomised to ctDNA informed treatment or to standard of care. For those in the ctDNA informed treatment group, we use ctDNA analysis to define recurrence risk and guide adjuvant therapy decision making.

I am also part of an international collaboration developing a blood test for the early detection of eight common cancers.

Publications

Selected publications from Prof Jeanne Tie

Tie J, Wang Y, Tomasetti C, Li L, Springer S, Kinde I, Silliman N, Tacey M, Wong HL, Christie M, Kosmider S, Skinner I, Wong R, Steel M, Tran B, Desai J, Jones I, Haydon A, Hayes T, Price TJ, Strausberg RL, Diaz LA Jr, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Gibbs P. Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Detects Minimal Residual Disease and Predicts Recurrence in Patients with Stage II Colon Cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Jul 6;8(346):346ra92. PMID: 27384348

Tie J, Cohen JD, Wang Y, Li L, Christie M, Simons K, Elsaleh H, Kosmider S, Wong R, Yip D, Lee M, Tran B, Rangiah D, Burge M, Goldstein D, Singh M, Skinner I, Faragher I, Croxford M, Bampton C, Haydon A, Jones IT, S Karapetis C, Price T, Schaefer MJ, Ptak J, Dobbyn L, Silliman N, Kinde I, Tomasetti C, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler K, Volgestein B, Gibbs P. Tie J, Cohen JD, Wang Y, Li L, Christie M, Simons K, Elsaleh H, Kosmider S, Wong R, Yip D, Lee M, Tran B, Rangiah D, Burge M, Goldstein D, Singh M, Skinner I, Faragher I, Croxford M, Bampton C, Haydon A, Jones IT, S Karapetis C, Price T, Schaefer MJ, Ptak J, Dobbyn L, Silliman N, Kinde I, Tomasetti C, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler K, Volgestein B, Gibbs P. Serial Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis During Multimodality Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Prospective Biomarker Study. Gut. 2018 Feb 2. PMID: 29420226

Cohen JD, Li L, Wang Y, Thoburn C, Afsari B, Danilova L, Douville C, Javed AA, Wong F, Mattox A, Hruban RH, Wolfgang CL, Goggins MG, Dal Molin M, Wang TL, Roden R, Klein AP, Ptak J, Dobbyn L, Schaefer J, Silliman N, Popoli M, Vogelstein JT, Browne JD, Schoen RE, Brand RE, Tie J, Gibbs P, Wong HL, Mansfield AS, Jen J, Hanash SM, Falconi M, Allen PJ, Zhou S, Bettegowda C, Diaz L, Tomasetti C, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Lennon AM, Papadopoulos N. Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test. Science. 2018 Jan 18. PMID: 29348365

Tie J, Kinde I, Wang Y, Wong HL, Roebert J, Christie M, Tacey M, Wong R, Singh M, Karapetis CS, Desai J, Tran B, Strausberg RL, Diaz LA Jr, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Gibbs P. Circulating Tumor DNA as an Early Marker of Therapeutic Response in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Ann Oncol. 2015 Aug;26(8):1715-22. PMID: 25851626

Bettegowda C, Sausen M, Leary RJ, Kinde I, Wang Y, Agrawal N, Bartlett BR, Wang H, Luber B, Alani RM, Antonarakis ES, Azad NS, Bardelli A, Brem H, Cameron JL, Lee CC, Fecher LA, Gallia GL, Gibbs P, Le D, Giuntoli RL, Goggins M, Hogarty MD, Holdhoff M, Hong SM, Jiao Y, Juhl HH, Kim JJ, Siravegna G, Laheru DA, Lauricella C, Lim M, Lipson EJ, Marie SK, Netto GJ, Oliner KS, Olivi A, Olsson L, Riggins GJ, Sartore-Bianchi A, Schmidt K, Shih lM, Oba-Shinjo SM, Siena S, Theodorescu D, Tie J, Harkins TT, Veronese S, Wang TL, Weingart JD, Wolfgang CL, Wood LD, Xing D, Hruban RH, Wu J, Allen PJ, Schmidt CM, Choti MA, Velculescu VE, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Papadopoulos N, Diaz LA Jr. Detection of circulating tumor DNA in early- and late-stage human malignancies. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Feb 19;6(224):224ra24. PMID: 24553385

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