Dr. Howard S Hochster M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
160 E 34th St 9th Fl New York NY, 10016About
Dr. Howard Hochster is an oncologist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Hochster specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Hochster 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.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Activity and safety of vinorelbine combined with doxorubicin or fluorouracil as first-line therapy in advanced breast cancer: a stratified phase II study.
- Newer approaches to gemcitabine-based therapy of pancreatic cancer: fixed-dose-rate infusion and novel agents.
- Opportunities for newer agents in combination with oxaliplatin.
- The role of pemetrexed in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancy.
- Recent developments in the clinical activity of topoisomerase-1 inhibitors.
- Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin vs infusional 5-fluorouracil plus oxaliplatin in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Con: Pumpin' FU (or, avoiding that oral fixation).
- Bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy: first-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
- Update on clinical data with regimens inhibiting angiogenesis and epidermal growth factor receptor for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer.
- Phase I/II trial of induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and surgery for locoregionally advanced pancreatic cancer.
- Rationale for combining biotherapy in the treatment of advanced colon cancer.
- The power of "p": on overpowered clinical trials and "positive" results.
- When is a line not a line?
- Stop and go: yes or no?
- Treatment paradigms with epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted therapies in colorectal cancer.
- Phase I dose-escalating study of biweekly fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus pemetrexed in patients with advanced solid tumors.
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