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

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

Mismatch Repair Protein Expression in Endometrioid Intraepithelial Neoplasia/Atypical Hyperplasia: Should We Screen for Lynch Syndrome in Precancerous Lesions?

Lucas E, Chen H, Molberg K, Castrillon DH, Rivera Colon G, Li L, Hinson S, Thibodeaux J, Lea J, Miller DS, Zheng W Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 2018 Oct

PI3K Pathway Effectors pAKT and FOXO1 as Novel Markers of Endometrioid Intraepithelial Neoplasia.

Strickland AL, Rivera G, Lucas E, John G, Cuevas I, Castrillon DH Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 2018 Sep

Lung tumor in a young African American patient with sickle trait: Pieces of a puzzle.

Mir M, Parmley M, Molberg K, Hinson S, Thibodeaux J, Lucas E Cytojournal 2018 15 21

Effect of Varying Parameters on Irreversible Electroporation in a Porcine Model.

Canvasser NE, Lay AH, Koseoglu E, Kavoussi N, Sorokin I, Gahan JC, Lucas E, Cadeddu JA J. Endourol. 2017 Dec

The diagnostic utility of Merkel cell polyomavirus immunohistochemistry in a fine needle aspirate of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma of unknown primary to the pancreas.

Li L, Molberg K, Cheedella N, Thibodeaux J, Hinson S, Lucas E Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017 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
  (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)