Heather Wakelee
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Oncology
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Thoracic Oncology 875 Blake Wilbur Dr Rm 2233 MC 5826 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-9094 Fax (650) 724-3697
- Academic Offices
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Thoracic Oncology
- Lung Cancer - Medical Oncology
- Investigational Therapeutics
- Medical Oncology
- thymoma
- Mesothelioma
Honors and Awards
- Teaching Award, Stanford University Division of Oncology (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Johns Hopkins University (06/1996)
- Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (05/2003)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2003) |
| Internship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (1997) |
| Medical Education: | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD (1996) |
| M. D.: | Johns Hopkins University, Medicine (1996) |
| A.B.: | Princeton University, Molecular Biology (1992) |
Industry Relationships
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Wakelee is a clinical investigator with a focus in lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Along with her other colleagues in thoracic medical oncology at Stanford she is focused on clinical trials with agents that are specifically targeted to known mutations in lung cancer. These trials focus on EGFR targeted agents, and drugs which overcome resistance to traditional EGFR targeted drugs. She is also focusing on Met targeted drugs such as onartuzumab, tivantinib and cabozantinib. Earlier work on anti-angiogenesis agents continues as well.
Dr. Wakelee is an active member of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and is the prinicipal investigator of a large adjuvant trial for patients with completely resected lung cancer who are randomized to chemotherapy or chemotherapy plus bevacizumab.
Thymic malignancies are an understudied rare disease and Dr. Wakelee has developed 2 clinical trials in this patient population. She serves as the chair of the research working group of the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group (ITMIG) and is working to further expand the research portfolio in this patient population.
Dr. Wakelee is also involved in several collaborative efforts with her colleagues in thoracic surgery and radiation oncology (a multi-disciplinary trial for stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients and cyberknife protocols for early stage patients not eligible for surgery), as well as in pulmonary medicine (analysis of blood samples for circulating lung tumor cells and other basic science projects). She has active collaborations with population scientists at CPIC looking at lung cancer related questions. She is also very focused on exploring lung cancer questions in the Women's Health Initiative through collaborations with Marcia Stefanick.
Clinical Trials
- Recruiting Manuka Honey in Preventing Esophagitis-Related Pain in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy For Lung Cancer
- Recruiting Three Different Radiation Therapy Regimens in Treating Patients With Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Cisplatin and Etoposide
- Recruiting A Study of CDX-1127 in Patients With Select Solid Tumor Types or Hematologic Cancers
- Recruiting Molecular Analysis of Thoracic Malignancies
- Recruiting Gemcitabine Hydrochloride and Cisplatin With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Urinary Tract Cancer
Publications
- A double-blind randomized discontinuation phase-II study of sorafenib (BAY 43-9006) in previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer patients: eastern cooperative oncology group study E2501. J Thorac Oncol. 2012; (10): 1574-82
- Lung cancer incidence in never smokers. J Clin Oncol. 2007; (5): 472-8
- A case series of NSCLC patients with different molecular characteristics and choroidal metastases: improvement in vision with treatment including pemetrexed and bevacizumab. J Thorac Oncol. 2013; (2): e17-8
- A patient with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer with development of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis while on targeted treatment with crizotinib. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2013; (4): 389-94
- Aflibercept in lung cancer. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2013; (1): 115-20
- Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of bexarotene in combination with gefitinib in the third-line treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: brief report. Anticancer Drugs. 2013
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