Elena Lucas, M.D.
Associate Professor

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

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, ß-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

PD-L1 expression in HPV-independent cervical adenocarcinoma and its prognostic significance.

Chen L, Lucas E, Zhang X, Liu Q, Zhuang Y, Lin W, Chen H, Zhou F, Histopathology 2021 Aug

Significance of Oil-Red-O positive macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosing E-cigarettes or vaping product use-associated lung injury: A case series.

Niu S, Colon GR, Molberg K, Chen H, Carrick K, Yan S, Sarode V, Lucas E, Diagn Cytopathol 2021 Jul 49 7 876-884

Serial genomic analysis of endometrium supports the existence of histologically indistinct endometrial cancer precursors.

Aguilar M, Zhang H, Zhang M, Cantarell B, Sahoo SS, Li HD, Cuevas IC, Lea J, Miller DS, Chen H, Zheng W, Gagan J, Lucas E, Castrillon DH, J Pathol 2021 Jan

T Cell Receptor Repertoires Acquired via Routine Pap Testing May Help Refine Cervical Cancer and Precancer Risk Estimates.

Christley S, Ostmeyer J, Quirk L, Zhang W, Sirak B, Giuliano AR, Zhang S, Monson N, Tiro J, Lucas E, Cowell LG, Front Immunol 2021 12 624230

PD-L1 Expression in Endocervical Adenocarcinoma: Correlation With Patterns of Tumor Invasion, CD8+ Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes, and Clinical Outcomes.

Rivera-Colon G, Chen H, Molberg K, Niu S, Strickland AL, Castrillon DH, Carrick K, Gwin K, Lea J, Zheng W, Lucas E, Am J Surg Pathol 2020 Dec

Irreversible Electroporation for Renal Ablation Does Not Cause Significant Injury to Adjacent Ureter or Bowel in a Porcine Model.

Sorokin I, Canvasser N, Johnson B, Lucas E, Cadeddu JA, J Endourol 2020 Dec

 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
  (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)