Elena Lucas, M.D.

Medical School

Stavropol State Medical Academy, Russian Federation (1989)

Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010), Pathology

• Biomarkers in gynecologic pathology
• Cervical cancer
• Endometrial carcinoma and precancerous lesions in patients with Lynch syndrome
• Tubo-ovarian carcinomas

Featured Publications

β-catenin, Pax2, and Pten Panel Identifies Precancers Among Histologically Subdiagnostic Endometrial Lesions.

Aguilar M, Chen H, Sahoo SS, Zheng W, Grubman J, SoRelle JA, Lucas E, Castrillon DH, Am J Surg Pathol 2023 May 47 5 618-629

Aggressive High-grade Uterine Sarcoma Harboring MEIS1-NCOA2 Fusion and Amplification of Multiple 12q13-15 Genes: A Case Report With Morphologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Analysis.

Niu S, Rivera-Colon G, Lucas E, Int J Gynecol Pathol 2023 Jan

Prevalence and prognostic significance of PD-L1, TIM-3 and B7-H3 expression in endometrial serous carcinoma.

Chen H, Molberg K, Carrick K, Niu S, Rivera Colon G, Gwin K, Lewis C, Zheng W, Castrillon DH, Lucas E, Mod Pathol 2022 Jul

Endometrial polyps are non-neoplastic but harbor epithelial mutations in endometrial cancer drivers at low allelic frequencies.

Sahoo SS, Aguilar M, Xu Y, Lucas E, Miller V, Chen H, Zheng W, Cuevas IC, Li HD, Hitrys D, Wachsmann MB, Bishop JA, Cantarell B, Gagan J, Koduru P, SoRelle JA, Castrillon DH, Mod Pathol 2022 Jul

Morules but Not Squamous Differentiation are a Reliable Indicator of CTNNB1 (?-catenin) Mutations in Endometrial Carcinoma and Precancers.

Niu S, Lucas E, Molberg K, Strickland A, Wang Y, Carrick K, Rivera-Colon G, Gwin K, SoRelle JA, Castrillon DH, Zheng W, Chen H, Am J Surg Pathol 2022 Jul

Low grade endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma: A review and update with emphasis on morphologic variants, mimics, immunohistochemical and molecular features.

Lucas E, Carrick KS, Semin Diagn Pathol 2022 May 39 3 159-175

Human Papillomavirus?Positive and ?Negative Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma Are Biologically but Not Clinically Distinct.

Kolitz E, Lucas E, Hosler GA, Kim J, Hammer S, Lewis C, Xu L, Day AT, Mauskar M, Lea JS, Wang RC, J Invest Dermatol 2021 Oct

Navigating through perplex morphologic changes after exogenous hormone usage.

Chang RJ, Rivera-Colon G, Chen H, Niu S, Carrick K, Lucas E, Gwin K, Zheng W, Semin Diagn Pathol 2021 Oct

Reliable Identification of Endometrial Precancers Through Combined Pax2, ?-Catenin, and Pten Immunohistochemistry.

Aguilar M, Chen H, Rivera-Colon G, Niu S, Carrick K, Gwin K, Cuevas IC, Sahoo SS, Li HD, Zhang S, Zheng W, Lucas E, Castrillon DH, Am J Surg Pathol 2021 Sep

Clinical and Histopathologic Features Can Help Target Immunohistochemical Stain Use in the Diagnosis of Viral Esophagitis.

Desai N, Albahra S, Lucas E, Singal AG, Hammer STG, Gopal P, Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2021 Aug

 Featured Books

Mimickers of Lung Carcinoma is Cytology and Small Biopsy Specimens in Moreira. In Diagnosing Non-small Cell Carcinoma in Small Biopsy and Cytology

Moreira AL, Saqi A (2015). New York, Springer Science

• Anatomic Pathology Resident Teaching Award
  (2021-2022)
• Anatomic Pathology Resident Teaching Award
  (2013-2014)
• Anatomic Pathology Resident Teaching Award
  (2012-2013)
• Diploma with Highest Academic Distinction
  (1989)

• Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UTSW (2018)
• Cytopathology Foundation (2017)
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (2015)
• American Society of Cytopathology (2012)
• American Society of Clinical Pathology (2006)
• College of American Pathologists (2006)