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

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

Specific Biomarker Expression Patterns in the Diagnosis of Residual and Recurrent Endometrial Precancers After Progestin Treatment: A Longitudinal Study.

Chen H, Lucas E, Strickland AL, Carrick K, Gwin K, Castrillon DH, Rivera-Colon G, Niu S, Molberg KH, Zheng W, Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 2020 Oct 44 10 1429-1439

Reproducibility of AJCC Criteria for Classifying Deeply Invasive Colon Cancers Is Suboptimal for Consistent Cancer Staging.

Panarelli NC, Hammer STG, Lin J, Gopal P, Nalbantoglu I, Zhao L, Cheng J, Gersten AJ, McHugh JB, Parkash V, Lucas E, Westerhoff M, Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 2020 10 44 10 1381-1388

PD-L1 Expression and CD8+ Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Different Types of Tubo-Ovarian Carcinoma and Their Prognostic Value in High-grade Serous Carcinoma.

Chen H, Molberg K, Strickland AL, Castrillon DH, Carrick K, Jiang Q, Niu S, Rivera-Colon G, Gwin K, Hinson S, Lea J, Miller DS, Zheng W, Lucas E, Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 2020 May

Cervical Adenocarcinoma: Histopathologic Features From Biopsies to Predict Tumor Behavior.

Rivera-Colon G, Chen H, Niu S, Lucas E, Holloway S, Carrick K, Gwin K, Lea J, Zheng W, Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 2020 Feb 44 2 247-254

Effects of Decalcifying Agents of Variable Duration on PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry.

Strickland AL, Blacketer S, Molberg K, Markantonis J, Lucas E, Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 2020 Jan 153 2 258-265

Comparison of Dako HercepTest and Ventana PATHWAY Anti-HER2 (4B5) Tests and Their Correlation With Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization in Breast Carcinoma.

Lucas E, Jabbar SB, Molberg K, Fang Y, Xie XJ, Blacketer S, Sahoo S, Appl. Immunohistochem. Mol. Morphol. 2019 Jul 27 6 403-409

Challenges in the Pap diagnosis of endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ.

Niu S, Molberg K, Thibodeaux J, Rivera-Colon G, Hinson S, Zheng W, Lucas E, J Am Soc Cytopathol 2019 May - Jun 8 3 141-148

Age cutoff for reporting of benign-appearing endometrial cells in Papanicolaou specimens; should it be raised? A 10-year retrospective study from a large county hospital.

Hinson S, Molberg K, Mir M, Flores M, Zheng W, Lucas E, J Am Soc Cytopathol 2019 Mar - Apr 8 2 78-83

 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)