- Benign tumor
- Prostate cancer
- Urologic cancer
John Nick Nikitas, MD
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
Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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.
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