Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Scott Kopetz, M.D., is Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. The public record shows 1,980 publications with 59,091 citations (h-index 111), centered on Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer. It also documents an investigator role on 10 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 35 companies, 13 NIH-funded awards (2008–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Clinical cancer research
- Top research focus: Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- 10 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 35 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 79 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 484.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 10 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- ASCEND-CRC: Profiling and Targeting Dynamic Tumor Resistance in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
InvestigatorEarly phase 1Not, yet, recruitingNCT07318389 - Long-Term Follow-up Study of Subjects Treated With Autologous T Cells Using the Sleeping Beauty System to Express TCRs
Sponsor: Alaunos Therapeutics
InvestigatorCompletedNCT05292859 - Phase I/II Study of Autologous T Cells to Express T-Cell Receptors (TCRs) in Subjects With Solid Tumors
Sponsor: Alaunos Therapeutics
InvestigatorPhase 1/PHASE2TerminatedNCT05194735
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
35 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Program year202520 payments$17,393openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- PFIZER INC.Program year20257 payments$13,735openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.Program year20252 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
13 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Overcoming adaptive feedback resistance to KRAS inhibition in colorectal cancer
Massachusetts General Hospital
FY2026$711,990R01CA262805
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Glycoprotein mucin 13 expression as a theranostic target in colorectal cancer.
Clinical cancer research
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01The consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer5,269 citations2015
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Educationdegrees and training on record
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- Chair
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Colon Cancer Task Force
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NRG Oncology Cooperative Group (NSABP/RTOG/GOG)
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- Dr. M.L. "Steve" Ruben Distinguished Chair
MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Gastroenterology - Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, MD Anderson/UTHealth
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Updated 14 Jul 2026
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