Rimas Vincas Lukas — Northwestern Scholars

Personal profile

Research Interests

Dr. Lukas, sub-specializing in neuro-oncology, is interested in the care of patients with primary brain tumors and spinal cord tumors as well as central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Dr. Lukas's research centers on clinical trials in neuro-oncology. Additionally, he has a strong interest in medical education in the U.S. and internationally and conducts research in neuroscience medical education.

Training Experience

2003	Internship, Cook County Hospital, Chicago
2006	Residency, University of Chicago Hospitals
2008	Fellowship, University of Chicago

Education/Academic qualification

MD, Rush University

… → 2002

Keywords

Brain Cancer / Nervous System Cancer
Medical Education
Neuro-Oncology
Spinal Cord Tumors
Spinal Oncology

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Grants 2018 2023

2 Active

NU C18C01 - A Phase I Study of Safety and Tolerability of Acetazolomide with Temozolomide in Adults with Newly Diagnosed MGMT Promotermethylated Malignant Glioma

Lukas, R. V.

University of Chicago, BrainUp Inc.

12/1/18 → 12/31/20

Project: Research project

SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer

Ahmed, A. U., Balyasnikova, I. V., Bartom, E. T., Brat, D. J., Chandler, J. P., Cheng, S., Horbinski, C. M., Hu, B., James, C. D., Kumthekar, P. U., Leikin, R. G., Lesniak, M. S., Liu, B. P., Lukas, R. V., Mirkin, C. A., Platanias, L. C., Sachdev, S., Scholtens, D. M., Stegh, A. H., Stupp, R. & Wainwright, D. A.

National Cancer Institute

8/17/18 → 7/31/23

Project: Research project

Brain Neoplasms

Glioblastoma

Therapeutics

Neoplasms

Survival

Research Output 2005 2019

514 Citations
72 Article
23 Review article
8 Chapter
7 Comment/debate
4 More

Atezolizumab in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and history of asymptomatic, treated brain metastases: Exploratory analyses of the phase III OAK study

Gadgeel, S. M., Lukas, R. V., Goldschmidt, J., Conkling, P., Park, K., Cortinovis, D., de Marinis, F., Rittmeyer, A., Patel, J. D., von Pawel, J., O'Hear, C., Lai, C., Hu, S., Ballinger, M., Sandler, A., Gandhi, M. & Fehrenbacher, L., Feb 1 2019, In : Lung Cancer. 128, p. 105-112 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

docetaxel

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Neoplasm Metastasis

Brain

Nervous System

Commentary: preclinical efficacy of immune-checkpoint monotherapy does not recapitulate corresponding biomarkers-based clinical predictions in glioblastoma by Garg et al. (2017)

Zhai, L., Ladomersky, E., Lauing, K. L., Wu, M., Scholtens, D. M., Savoor, R., Zhang, B., Wu, J. D., Horbinski, C. M., Lukas, R. V., Binder, D. C. & Wainwright, D. A., Mar 4 2019, In : OncoImmunology. 8, 3, 1548242.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Glioblastoma

Biomarkers

Computational Biology

Gene Expression