Irene Wapnir
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Stanford Women�s Cancer Center 900 Blake Wilbur Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 498-6000 Fax (650) 736-1663
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Ivette Arenas, BS Administrative Associate Email Tel Work (650)721-5705Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Cancer> Breast Cancer
- Cancer> Breast Cancer> Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer - Surgery
- Breast Surgery
- General Surgery
Administrative Appointments
- Chief of Breast Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology (2005 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Protocol Chair Breast Cancer Local Recurrence Trial, NSABP (2006)
- Working Group Breast Committee, NSABP (2000)
- Awards Committee, Assoc Women Surgeons (2004)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital NJ (1988) |
| Board Certification: | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1986) |
| Residency: | New York Medical College NY (1985) |
| Internship: | Lincoln Med & Mental Hlth Ctr NY (1981) |
| Medical Education: | Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico (1980) |
| MD: | Universidad A. Metropolitana, Medicine (1980) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Clinical treatment trials in Breast Cancer, especially locally recurrent breast cancer. She is chair of multicenter national trial investigating the optimal systemic treatment for women who develop a local or regional recurrence of breast cancer after mastectomy or lumpectomy. Additinally, Dr. Wapnir is institutional Principal Investigator for National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP). Her basic and preclinical research centers on exploring the activity of breast sodium-iodide transporter (NIS) in breast cancer. Translational research protocols elucidating the potential application of NIS-based therapies are ongoing.
Publications
- Outcomes of partial mastectomy in male breast cancer patients: analysis of SEER, 1983-2009. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013; (5): 1545-50
- Poor compliance with breast cancer treatment guidelines in men undergoing breast-conserving surgery. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013; (1): 177-82
- MRI enhancement correlates with high grade desmoid tumor of breast. Breast J. 2012 Jul-Aug; (4): 374-6
- Integration and safety of fertility preservation in a breast cancer program. Gynecol Oncol. 2012; (3): 474-6
- The diagnostic value of nipple discharge cytology: breast imaging complements predictive value of nipple discharge cytology. J Surg Oncol. 2012; (4): 381-5
- Eusorbents and eusorption: a review of physiological events to therapeutic concepts. J Am Coll Nutr. 2011; (1): 1-10
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