HowardSHochsterMD

Oncology • New Brunswick, NJ

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hematologic Oncology

Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Rutgers RWJ School of Medicine

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Office
195 Little Albany Street
Room 2004
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone+1 732-235-5912

Fax+1 732-235-6797

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1983 - 1986
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2018 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2010 - 2018
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2016
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2019
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004-2019
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2007, 2011-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
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Clinical Trials

A Phase II Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Blinded Clinical Study of KD018 as a Modulator of Irinotecan Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2
A Prospective Study for the Assessment of Recurrence Risk in Stage II Colon Cancer Patients Using ColoPrint Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
Active, not recruiting
The Effect of Sorafenib on Portal Pressure Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 2
Study of LGX818 and Cetuximab or LGX818, BYL719, and Cetuximab in BRAF Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 23
Completed
Phase 2
Pilot Trial of KD018 With Neo-Adjuvant Concurrent Chemo-Radiation Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1
A Study of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) Alone or in Combination With Other Agents in Participants With Previously Treated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 12
Completed
Phase 2
Phase II Anetumab Ravtansine in Pre-treated Mesothelin-expressing Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 May 11
Completed
Phase 2
TAS-102 and Oxaliplatin for the Treatment of Refractory Stage IV Colon Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Feb 12
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
PHASE2
Adjuvant Gemcitabine and Capecitabine Chemotherapy in Resected Pancreatic Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2022 Jul 29
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact
Microbiotic Product to Promote Microbiome Health and Improve Chemotherapy Delivery Start of enrollment: 2022 May 03
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator, Sponsor-Investigator
Investigating Targetable Metabolic Pathways Sustaining Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 14
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Sequential TAS-OX Alternating With TAS-IRI Plus Bevacizumab for Late-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2023 May 17
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Chemotherapy dose density is prognostic for overall survival in patients with resectable pancreas cancer: A landmark analysis of SWOG 1505.
Sameer H Patel, Sarah Colby, Davendra Sohal, Katherine A Guthrie, Lisa A Kachnic
Cancer. 2025-02-15
1 citations
SWOG S1815: A Phase III Randomized Trial of Gemcitabine, Cisplatin, and Nab-Paclitaxel Versus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Newly Diagnosed, Advanced Biliary Tract Canc...
Rachna T Shroff, Gentry King, Sarah Colby, Aaron J Scott, Mitesh J Borad
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2025-02-10
A Phase 1b study of the OxPhos inhibitor ME-344 with bevacizumab in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.
Patrick M Boland, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Kristen K Ciombor, Vaia Florou, Michael J Pishvaian
Investigational New Drugs. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Efficacy of Perioperative Chemotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Andrea Wang-Gillam, Howard S Hochster, JAMA Oncology
Association of Diet Quality with Survival Among People with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in the Cancer and Leukemia B and Southwest Oncology Group 80405 Trial
Kimmie Ng, Chloe Atreya, Howard S Hochster, James N Atkins, Richard M Goldberg, Charles D Blanke, Jeffrey A Meyerhardt, JAMA Network Open
Antiangiogenesis in Early-Stage Colon Cancer—Microscopically Busted
Howard Hochster, MD, JAMA Network Open

Abstracts/Posters

A Multistate Survival Analysis for Patients with Follicular Lymphoma (FL) Using 13 First-Line Randomized Trials from FL Analysis of Surrogate Hypothesis (FLASH) Group
Howard Hochster, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019

Lectures

Randomized trial of irinotecan and cetuximab (IC) versus irinotecan, cetuximab and ramucirumab (ICR) as 2nd line therapy of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) following ...
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/5/2018
Yale Cancer Center Evening Oncology Series: Gastrointestinal Cancers
Yale CME, New Haven, Connecticut - 9/20/2012

Press Mentions

How Many Patients in Early Cancer Trials Get Drugs Ultimately Approved by FDA?March 7th, 2025
A Good Number of Cancer Patients in Mid-Stage Trials Get Drugs Later ApprovedFebruary 25th, 2025
You Can Now Get a Blood Test to Screen for Colorectal CancerAugust 2nd, 2024
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