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Overview of Dr. Scher
Dr. Howard Scher is an oncologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and has been in practice 47 years. Dr. Scher accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 523 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and one of 523 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who specialize in Oncology. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1980 - 1983
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1980- New York University School of MedicineClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
NJ State Medical License 2024 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1977 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Giants of Cancer Care in Genitourinary Oncology 2023
- Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate: Highly Cited Researchers 2022
- Highly Cited Researcher – Top 1% Thomas Reuters, 2014-2022
Clinical Trials
- Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 1998 Oct 01
- Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Refractory Advanced Solid Tumors or Hematologic Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Jul 01
- Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2000 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Accelerating Drug Development in Hormone-Naïve Prostate Cancer through Multimodal Therapy Strategies: The MetaCURE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.Deaglan McHugh, Matthew Dallos, Min Yuen Teo, Sean M McBride, Anuradha Gopalan
Clinical Cancer Research. 2026-02-04 - Anti-tumour effects of perioperative ketamine in lung cancer: a non-randomised, exploratory biomarker study.Stephanie N Shishido, Anya Shah, Jeremy Mason, Joseph R Scarpa, David Amar
British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2025-11-01 - Two Decades of Disease Evolution and Biomarker-Guided Clinical Decision Making in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.Tatiana Erazo, Enrico Moiso, Omer Aras, Howard I Scher
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025-08-06
Lectures
- CTC versus biopsy tissue sequencing: A concordance analysis of genomic copy number profile from mCRPC patients (pts).2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
- Examination of the additive value of CTC biomarkers of heterogeneity (Het) and chromosomal instability to nuclear-localized (nl) AR-V7+ CTCs in prediction of poor outc...2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
- Clonal concordance and genomic heterogeneity in single CTC copy number alterations vs. paired IMPACT metastatic tissue sequencing from mCRPC patient samples.2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
Authored Content
- Tumor Copy Number Alteration Burden Is a Pan-Cancer Prognostic Factor Associated with Recurrence and DeathSeptember 2018
Press Mentions
SBRT Well Tolerated After Radical ProstatectomyMay 15th, 2025- Triplet Better Than Doublet in mCSPC? Not Always, Say ExpertsMarch 3rd, 2023
- Prostate Cancer CTC PSMA Status Could Guide TherapyOctober 3rd, 2022
Grant Support
- SPORE in Prostate CancerSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH2001–2027
- Evaluation of the effect of patient-context factors and sample acquisition on the quality and analytical performance of cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells profiling assays in prostate cancer paSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH2020–2025
- Biologic Effects Of 17aa GeldanamycinNational Cancer Institute1999–2000
Professional Memberships
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Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS California PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPOHealth Net California Large Group PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
QualCare HMO
QualCare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO - Please verify your coverage with the provider's office directly when scheduling an appointment
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