Dr. Saiama Naheed Waqar MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
660 S Euclid Ave Campus Box 8056 Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Saiama Waqar is an oncologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Waqar specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Waqar manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An enzymatic method for the detection of human serum albumin.
- Cystic breast lymphangioma.
- Influenza vaccination in patients with cancer: an overview.
- Barriers to enrollment in non-small cell lung cancer therapeutic clinical trials.
- Targeted therapy in lung cancer: lessons learned from past experiences.
- Recent advances in lung cancer: summary of presentations from the 47 th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011.
- A phase I study of temsirolimus and thoracic radiation in non--small-cell lung cancer.
- MET Mutation Associated with Responsiveness to Crizotinib.
- Immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: are we on the cusp of a new era?
- Immunogenicity of Influenza Vaccination in Patients With Cancer.
- Multimodality Therapy for NSCLC.
- Role for adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with resected small cell lung cancer.
- Immune checkpoint inhibition in patients with brain metastases.
- Systemic Treatment of Brain Metastases.
- Precision medicine in lung cancer: the battle continues.
Clinical Trials
- M3541 in Combination With Radiotherapy in Subjects With Solid Tumors
- Optimizing Fall-risk Prediction in Older Adults With Cancer
- eXalt3: Study Comparing X-396 (Ensartinib) to Crizotinib in ALK Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients
- Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Delta-Like Protein 3-Expressing Advanced Solid Tumors
- Basket Study of Entrectinib (RXDX-101) for the Treatment of Patients With Solid Tumors Harboring NTRK 1/2/3 (Trk A/B/C), ROS1, or ALK Gene Rearrangements (Fusions)
- Phase I Study of Pyrotinib in Patients With HER2-positive Solid Tumors
- Genomic Landscape of EGFR Mutant NSCLC Prior to Erlotinib and at the Time of Disease Progression
- Nintedanib in Molecularly Selected Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Pazopanib in Molecularly Selected Patients With Advanced NSCLC
- Phase 1/2 Study of X-396, an Oral ALK Inhibitor, in Patients With ALK-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Awards
- ASCO Merit Award for research entitled Prognostic significance of tumo 2005
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