Research Summary

Dr. Blakely is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of lung cancer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Washington and attended the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and trained as a clinical fellow in Medical Oncology at UCSF. His research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying lung cancer resistance to EGFR-, and ALK-targeted therapies, and identifying new targets for molecular-directed therapies. His goal is to translate laboratory-based findings into new treatments for lung cancer patients.

Education

University of Washington, Seattle, BS, 06/1997, Molecular Biology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PhD, 05/2006, Cell and Molecular Biology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, MD, 05/2007, Medicine
Hospital of the University of PA, Philadelphia, 06/2009, Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, 06/2013, Medical Oncology

Honors & Awards

  • 1996
    Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Washington
  • 1996
    Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Award, University of Washington
  • 1997
    Erling J. Ordal Award for Undergraduate Research, University of Washington
  • 1999-2007
    NIH Medical Scientist Training Program Award
  • 2003-2005
    Pre-Doctoral Training Grant, U.S. Army Breast Cancer Research Program
  • 2007
    Endocrine Society Medical Student Achievement Award
  • 2013
    Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation Research Grant
  • 2014
    Lung Cancer Research Foundation (Formerly Uniting Against Lung Cancer) Grant
  • 2014
    Free to Breathe Lung Cancer Research Grant
  • 2014
    AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Research on HER-Family Pathway
  • 2018
    Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award

Selected Publications

  1. Negrao MV, Araujo HA, Lamberti G, Cooper AJ, Akhave NS, Zhou T, Delasos L, Hicks JK, Aldea M, Minuti G, Hines J, Aredo JV, Dennis MJ, Chakrabarti T, Scott SC, Bironzo P, Scheffler M, Christopoulos P, Stenzinger A, Riess JW, Kim SY, Goldberg SB, Li M, Wang Q, Qing Y, Ni Y, Do MT, Lee R, Ricciuti B, Alessi JV, Wang J, Resuli B, Landi L, Tseng SC, Nishino M, Digumarthy SR, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Vaporciyan AA, Blumenschein GR, Zhang J, Owen DH, Blakely CM, Mountzios G, Shu CA, Bestvina CM, Garassino MC, Marrone KA, Gray JE, Patel SP, Cummings AL, Wakelee HA, Wolf J, Scagliotti GV, Cappuzzo F, Barlesi F, Patil PD, Drusbosky L, Gibbons DL, Meric-Bernstam F, Lee JJ, Heymach JV, Hong DS, Heist RS, Awad MM, Skoulidis F. Comutations and KRASG12C Inhibitor Efficacy in Advanced NSCLC. Cancer Discov. 2023 Jul 07; 13(7):1556-1571.  View on PubMed
  2. Douglas MP, Ragavan MV, Chen C, Kumar A, Gray SW, Blakely CM, Phillips KA. Private Payer and Medicare Coverage Policies for Use of Circulating Tumor DNA Tests in Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 06; 21(6):609-616.e4.  View on PubMed
  3. He K, Berz D, Gadgeel SM, Iams WT, Bruno DS, Blakely CM, Spira AI, Patel MR, Waterhouse DM, Richards DA, Pham A, Jotte R, Hong DS, Garon EB, Traynor A, Olson P, Latven L, Yan X, Shazer R, Leal TA. MRTX-500 Phase 2 Trial: Sitravatinib With Nivolumab in Patients With Nonsquamous NSCLC Progressing On or After Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy or Chemotherapy. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 Jul; 18(7):907-921.  View on PubMed
  4. Kim DW, Kim SW, Camidge DR, Shu CA, Marrone KA, Le X, Blakely CM, Park K, Chang GC, Patel SP, Kar G, Cooper ZA, Samadani R, Pluta M, Kumar R, Ramalingam S. CD73 Inhibitor Oleclumab Plus Osimertinib in Previously Treated Patients With Advanced T790M-Negative EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: A Brief Report. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 05; 18(5):650-656.  View on PubMed
  5. Ji J, Aredo JV, Piper-Vallillo A, Huppert L, Rotow JK, Husain H, Stewart S, Cobb R, Wakelee HA, Blakely CM, Wong ML, Gubens MA, Madani MH, Digumarthy SR, McCoach C, Piotrowska Z, Neal JW, Riess JW. Osimertinib in NSCLC With Atypical EGFR-Activating Mutations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2023 Mar; 4(3):100459.  View on PubMed
  6. Blakely CM, Weder W, Bubendorf L, He J, Majem M, Shyr Y, Chaft JE. Primary endpoints to assess the efficacy of novel therapeutic approaches in epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated, surgically resectable non-small cell lung cancer: A review. Lung Cancer. 2023 03; 177:59-72.  View on PubMed
  7. Lara MS, Gubens MA, Bacaltos B, Daran L, Lim SL, Li T, Gandara DR, Bivona TG, Riess JW, Blakely CM. Phase 1 Study of Ceritinib Combined With Trametinib in Patients With Advanced ALK- or ROS1-Positive NSCLC. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2022 Dec; 3(12):100436.  View on PubMed
  8. Noronha A, Belugali Nataraj N, Lee JS, Zhitomirsky B, Oren Y, Oster S, Lindzen M, Mukherjee S, Will R, Ghosh S, Simoni-Nieves A, Verma A, Chatterjee R, Borgoni S, Robinson W, Sinha S, Brandis A, Kerr DL, Wu W, Sekar A, Giri S, Chung Y, Drago-Garcia D, Danysh BP, Lauriola M, Fiorentino M, Ardizzoni A, Oren M, Blakely CM, Ezike J, Wiemann S, Parida L, Bivona TG, Aqeilan RI, Brugge JS, Regev A, Getz G, Ruppin E, Yarden Y. AXL and Error-Prone DNA Replication Confer Drug Resistance and Offer Strategies to Treat EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer. Cancer Discov. 2022 Nov 02; 12(11):2666-2683.  View on PubMed
  9. Nanjo S, Wu W, Karachaliou N, Blakely CM, Suzuki J, Chou YT, Ali SM, Kerr DL, Olivas VR, Shue J, Rotow J, Mayekar MK, Haderk F, Chatterjee N, Urisman A, Yeo JC, Skanderup AJ, Tan AC, Tam WL, Arrieta O, Hosomichi K, Nishiyama A, Yano S, Kirichok Y, Tan DS, Rosell R, Okimoto RA, Bivona TG. Deficiency of the splicing factor RBM10 limits EGFR inhibitor response in EGFR-mutant lung cancer. J Clin Invest. 2022 07 01; 132(13).  View on PubMed
  10. Ali M, Lu M, Ang HX, Soderquist RS, Eyler CE, Hutchinson HM, Glass C, Bassil CF, Lopez OM, Kerr DL, Falcon CJ, Yu HA, Hata AN, Blakely CM, McCoach CE, Bivona TG, Wood KC. Small-molecule targeted therapies induce dependence on DNA double-strand break repair in residual tumor cells. Sci Transl Med. 2022 03 30; 14(638):eabc7480.  View on PubMed
  11. Ganti AKP, Loo BW, Bassetti M, Blakely C, Chiang A, D'Amico TA, D'Avella C, Dowlati A, Downey RJ, Edelman M, Florsheim C, Gold KA, Goldman JW, Grecula JC, Hann C, Iams W, Iyengar P, Kelly K, Khalil M, Koczywas M, Merritt RE, Mohindra N, Molina J, Moran C, Pokharel S, Puri S, Qin A, Rusthoven C, Sands J, Santana-Davila R, Shafique M, Waqar SN, Gregory KM, Hughes M. Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 12; 19(12):1441-1464.  View on PubMed
  12. Barbosa Rabago D, Blakely CM, Haderk F, Bivona TG. Profiling Sensitivity to Targeted Therapies in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Patient-Derived Organoids. J Vis Exp. 2021 11 22; (177).  View on PubMed
  13. Wong ML, Shi Y, Smith AK, Miaskowski C, Boscardin WJ, Cohen HJ, Lam V, Mazor M, Metzger L, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Loh KP, Ursem CJ, Friedlander TW, Blakely CM, Gubens MA, Allen G, Shumay D, Walter LC. Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 01; 70(1):136-149.  View on PubMed
  14. Woodard GA, Kratz JR, Haro G, Gubens MA, Blakely CM, Jones KD, Mann MJ, Jablons DM. Molecular Risk Stratification is Independent of EGFR Mutation Status in Identifying Early-Stage Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients at Risk for Recurrence and Likely to Benefit From Adjuvant Chemotherapy. Clin Lung Cancer. 2021 11; 22(6):587-595.  View on PubMed
  15. Tsuboi M, Weder W, Escriu C, Blakely C, He J, Dacic S, Yatabe Y, Zeng L, Walding A, Chaft JE. Neoadjuvant osimertinib with/without chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for EGFR-mutated resectable non-small-cell lung cancer: NeoADAURA. Future Oncol. 2021 Nov; 17(31):4045-4055.  View on PubMed
  16. Yang JC, Reckamp KL, Kim YC, Novello S, Smit EF, Lee JS, Su WC, Akerley WL, Blakely CM, Groen HJM, Bazhenova L, Carcereny Costa E, Chiari R, Hsia TC, Golsorkhi T, Despain D, Shih D, Popat S, Wakelee H. Efficacy and Safety of Rociletinib Versus Chemotherapy in Patients With EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: The Results of TIGER-3, a Phase 3 Randomized Study. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2021 Feb; 2(2):100114.  View on PubMed
  17. Wu SY, Lazar AA, Gubens MA, Blakely CM, Gottschalk AR, Jablons DM, Jahan TM, Wang VEH, Dunbar TL, Wong ML, Chan JW, Guthrie W, Belkora J, Yom SS. Evaluation of a National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines-Based Decision Support Tool in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 09 01; 3(9):e209750.  View on PubMed
  18. Maynard A, McCoach CE, Rotow JK, Harris L, Haderk F, Kerr DL, Yu EA, Schenk EL, Tan W, Zee A, Tan M, Gui P, Lea T, Wu W, Urisman A, Jones K, Sit R, Kolli PK, Seeley E, Gesthalter Y, Le DD, Yamauchi KA, Naeger DM, Bandyopadhyay S, Shah K, Cech L, Thomas NJ, Gupta A, Gonzalez M, Do H, Tan L, Bacaltos B, Gomez-Sjoberg R, Gubens M, Jahan T, Kratz JR, Jablons D, Neff N, Doebele RC, Weissman J, Blakely CM, Darmanis S, Bivona TG. Therapy-Induced Evolution of Human Lung Cancer Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. Cell. 2020 09 03; 182(5):1232-1251.e22.  View on PubMed
  19. Blakely CM, McCoach CE. Role of MPR as an Early Signal for Efficacy in Neoadjuvant Studies. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 07 15; 26(14):3499-3500.  View on PubMed
  20. Gini B, Thomas N, Blakely CM. Impact of concurrent genomic alterations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated lung cancer. J Thorac Dis. 2020 May; 12(5):2883-2895.  View on PubMed

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