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Wafik S. El‐Deiry

Brown University · US
Area of research
Oncology · Cancer Research
Research interest
My research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development. I have practiced medicine (medical oncology/colorectal cancer) since completing internal medicine residency and medical oncology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins by 1994. I direct a basic science lab focused on the p53 pathway, cell death, drug resistance, and novel therapeutics. I discovered the p21 (WAF1) cell cycle inhibitor as a p53 target gene and mediator of p53-dependent tumor suppression, the most highly-cited original paper published in Cell . Since the early-1990’s I have been unraveling signaling in the p53 pathway involved in tumor suppression and cancer therapeutic response/resistance.
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120
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87,955
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1,505
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Heterogeneity in Cancer.
2025cited by 22position: contributordoi
The evolving landscape of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for treatment of prostate cancer
npj Precision Oncology 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
TRAIL agonists rescue mice from radiation-induced lung, skin, or esophageal injury
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Corrigendum to Targeting apoptotic pathways for cancer therapy
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Correction: Potential role for Cathepsin D in p53-dependent tumor suppression and chemosensitivity
Oncogene 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC).
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
XPO1 R749Q Mutations Co-occur with POLE Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S1 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S3 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Table S1 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Table S2 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Data from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Table S2 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Table S3 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Table 1 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Author response: The context-dependent epigenetic and organogenesis programs determine 3D vs. 2D cellular fitness of MYC-driven murine liver cancer cells
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Author response: Pharmacologic inhibition of BAF chromatin remodeling complexes as a therapeutic approach to transcription factor-dependent cancers
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure 2 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S6 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Data from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Table 3 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure 1 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S4 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S5 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S2 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Author response: Pharmacologic inhibition of BAF chromatin remodeling complexes as a therapeutic approach to transcription factor-dependent cancers
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Table S1 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Figure S7 from <i>XPO1</i><sup><i>R749Q</i></sup> Mutations Co-occur with <i>POLE</i> Mutations in Cancer and Can Be Targeted to Overcome Chemoresistance
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
AI enabled exome and transcriptome liquid biopsy platform spanning the continuum of care in oncology
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Table 2 from BrUOG360: A Phase Ib/II Study of Copanlisib in Combination with Rucaparib in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 106 papers (2019–2025)Kelsey E. Huntington · Oregon Health & Science University17 papers (2021–2025)Benedito A. Carneiro · Translational Research in Oncology14 papers (2022–2025)Matthew J. Hadfield · Ballarat Health Services9 papers (2025–2025)Rahul Aggarwal · Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar9 papers (2025–2025) · 9 papers (2025–2025)Sheldon Holder · Grand Rapids Community College9 papers (2025–2025)Lindsey Carlsen · Brown University9 papers (2021–2023)Shaolei Lu · Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Jeannine Margolis · John Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Dragan J. Golijanin · John Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Kate Anderson · Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Roxanne Wood · Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Andre L. De Souza · Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Anthony E. Mega · Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Adam J. Olszewski · Brown University9 papers (2025–2025)Attila A. Seyhan · Brown University7 papers (2022–2025)Emil Lou · University of Minnesota5 papers (2022–2025)Dave S.�B. Hoon · Providence College4 papers (2023–2024)Anna Louie · Duke University3 papers (2021–2023)