John T. Lucas

MD, MS

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Memphis, TN, USA

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

About

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Dr. Lucas' research interests are

Diffusion/perfusion MRI as a measure of radiation change and disease status
Neuroblastoma
High grade glioma
Proteomics
Clinical trial design/methodology

Expertise

Clinical Research

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105

research

Interests

High-Grade Glioma…

High-grade Gliomas (HGG) or astrocytomas in children nearly always result in a dismal prognosis. Although novel therapeutic approaches are currently in development, preclinical testing has been limited, due to a lack of pediatric-specific HGG preclinical models. These models are needed to help test