John Nick Nikitas, MD

Radiation Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Radiation Oncology Perelman - 2nd Floor
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
  • Residency: The Evanston Hospital
  • Residency: University of California, Los Angeles

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Nikitas is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Nikitas J, Jamshidian P, Tree AC, Hall E, Dearnaley D, Michalski JM, Lee WR, Nguyen PL, Sandler HM, Catton CN, Lukka HR, Supiot S, Crehange G, Latorzeff I, Roy S, Malone S, Horwitz E, Wong JK, Arcangeli S, Sanguineti G, Romero T, Sun Y, Steinberg ML, Valle LF, Neylon J, Weidhaas JB, Spratt DE, Telesca D, Kishan AU Correlation of Biochemical Recurrence With Adverse Late Toxic Events Following Prostate Radiation Therapy (COBALT Study): An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of 7 Randomized Trials , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 125(4): 2026,1140-1148


Nikitas J, Holzgreve A, Juarez J, Kimura K, Lira S, Alam H, Contreras M, Theus L, Nguyen AT, Ells Z, Zhu S, Grogan T, Elashoff DA, Unterrainer LM, Dahlbom M, Allen-Auerbach M, Czernin J, Calais J Phase 2 Prospective Trial of Retreatment with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 Molecular Radiotherapy for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer-RE-LuPSMA , J Nucl Med, 67(5): 2026,674-680


Nikitas J, Vapiwala N Redefining Salvage Therapy for Localized Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer-In More Ways Than One , JAMA Oncol, 12(4): 2026,373-374


Nikitas J, Smith CP, Armstrong WR, Murthy V, Grogan T, Clark K, Moore J, Roberts M, Farolfi A, Reiter RE, Rettig MB, Shen J, Valle LF, Nickols NG, Steinberg ML, Czernin J, Kishan AU, Calais J Five-Year Outcomes After Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen PET/CT-Guided Salvage Radiotherapy Following Radical Prostatectomy , J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 24(2): 2026,11-18


Kishan AU, Juarez Casillas JE, Sargos P, Kalbasi TR, Chabaud S, Brihoum M, Sachdeva A, Nikitas JN, Ma TM, Karasik D, Ballas LK, Lock D, Valle L, Taparra K, Reiter RE, Saigal C, Chamie K, Donin N, Chin AI, Rettig M, Nickols NG, Sun Y, Spratt D, Lamb JM, Cao M, Pommier P, Steinberg ML Stereotactic Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy (SCIMITAR): 4-Year Outcomes of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial , Eur Urol, 89(1): 2026,12-17


Holzgreve A, Delker A, Ells Z, Brosch-Lenz J, Unterrainer LM, Nikitas J, Zhu S, Contreras MM, Alam H, Nabong RM, Lira S, Vasilyev A, Chen L, Grogan T, Elashoff D, Meyer CA, Dahlbom M, Czernin J, Calais J Randomized Phase 2 Trial of an Extended and Flexible Dosing Schedule of 177Lu-PSMA Molecular Radiotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (FLEX-MRT): Study Protocol , J Nucl Med, 66(10): 2025


Juarez Casillas JE, Nikitas J, Rettig MB, Reiter RE, Lee A, Steinberg ML, Valle L, Kalbasi TR, Calais J, Czernin J, Eala MA, Tsai S, Kane N, Solanki AA, Sexton R, Duriseti S, Berenji GR, Aronson WJ, Garraway IP, Chang MG, Kwon R, Lee SP, Nickols NG, Kishan AU Pooled Analysis of the SOLAR and SATURN Clinical Trials Comparing Progression of Synchronous Versus Metachronous Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen-defined Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer Following Systemic and Tumor-directed Therapy , Eur Urol Oncol, 8(4): 2025,893-898


Nikitas J, Ballas LK, Romero T, Lynch C, Ma TM, Valle LF, Sachdeva A, Chong N, Basehart V, Franco A, Reiter R, Saigal C, Chamie K, Litwin MS, Donin NM, Rettig M, Nickols NG, Cao M, Liauw SL, Steinberg ML, Kishan AU Patient-Reported Outcomes With Stereotactic Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Oncol, 11(7): 2025,726-734


Nikitas J, Jamshidian P, Tree AC, Hall E, Dearnaley D, Michalski JM, Lee WR, Nguyen PL, Sandler HM, Catton CN, Lukka HR, Incrocci L, Heemsbergen W, Pos FJ, Roy S, Malone S, Horwitz E, Wong JK, Arcangeli S, Sanguineti G, Romero T, Sun Y, Steinberg ML, Valle LF, Weidhaas JB, Spratt D, Telesca D, Kishan AU The interplay between acute and late toxicity among patients receiving prostate radiotherapy: an individual patient data meta-analysis of six randomised trials , Lancet Oncol, 26(3): 2025,378-386


Ong WL, Romero T, Roy S, Nikitas J, Joseph D, Zapatero A, Malone S, Morgan SC, Steinberg ML, Valle LF, Zaorsky NG, Martin Ma T, Rettig MB, Nickols N, Jiang T, Reiter RE, Eleswarapu SV, Maldonado X, Sun Y, Nguyen PL, Millar JL, Martin JM, Spratt DE, Kishan AU; MARCAP Consortium Investigators Testosterone Recovery Following Androgen Suppression and Prostate Radiotherapy (TRANSPORT): A Pooled Analysis of Five Randomized Trials from the Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials in Cancer of the Prostate (MARCAP) Consortium , Eur Urol, 87(1): 2025,49-57