Tracy Li-Tsein Leong

Unexpected case of accelerated silicosis in a female quarry worker.

Tracy L Leong, Hari Wimaleswaran, David S Williams, Nicole S Goh, Ryan F Hoy

Journal article  |  2022  |  Occup Med (Lond)

Silicosis is a progressive and irreversible fibrotic occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of respirable crystalline sili..

Development of an Australia and New Zealand Lung Cancer Clinical Quality Registry: a protocol paper

Shantelle Smith, Margaret Brand, Susan Harden, Lisa Briggs, Lillian Leigh, Fraser Brims, Mark Brooke, Vanessa N Brunelli, Collin Chia, Paul Dawkins, Ross Lawrenson, Mary Duffy, Sue Evans, Tracy Leong, Henry Marshall, Dainik Patel, Nick Pavlakis, Jennifer Philip, Nicole Rankin, Nimit Singhal, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality, comprising the largest national cancer disease burden in Austr..

A cohort study of the efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors plus anlotinib versus immune checkpoint inhibitors alone as the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the real world.

Yue Shi, Min Ji, Yingying Jiang, Rong Yin, Zihan Wang, Hang Li, Shuaiyu Wang, Kang He, Yuxin Ma, Zhitong Wang, Jianwei Lu, Meiqi Shi, Bo Shen, Guoren Zhou, Tracy L Leong, Xiaohua Wang, Cheng Chen, Jifeng Feng

Journal article  |  2022  |  Transl Lung Cancer Res

BACKGROUND: Anlotinib is a new multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and has been shown to have antitumor effects and syner..

Contemporary Concise Review 2021: Pulmonary nodules from detection to intervention

Emily Stone, Tracy L Leong

Journal article  |  2022  |  RESPIROLOGY

The US Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) has updated screening criteria by expanding age range and reducing smoking history required ..

Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Copy Number Loss in NSCLC Associates With Reduced Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Tumor Staining and a Cold Immunophenotype

Savreet Aujla, Christian Aloe, Amanda Vannitamby, Shona Hendry, Kanishka Rangamuwa, Hao Wang, Ross Vlahos, Stavros Selemidis, Tracy Leong, Daniel Steinfort, Steven Bozinovski

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY

INTRODUCTION: Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) copy number gains may be predictive of clinical response to immunotherapy in NSCLC..

Rate and risk factors of recurrent immune checkpoint inhibitor-related pneumonitis in patients with lung cancer.

Haitao Tao, Fangfang Li, Dongxiao Wu, Shiyu Ji, Qingyan Liu, Lijie Wang, Bo Liu, Francesco Facchinetti, Tracy L Leong, Francesco Passiglia, Yi Hu

Journal article  |  2022  |  Transl Lung Cancer Res

BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become standard treatments for lung cancer patients. Immune checkpoint inhibi..

Excess iron promotes emergence of foamy macrophages that overexpress ferritin in the lungs of silicosis patients

Christian Anthony Aloe, Tracy Li-Tsein Leong, Hari Wimaleswaran, Paris Clarice Papagianis, Jonathan Luke McQualter, Christine Faye McDonald, Yet Hong Khor, Ryan Francis Hoy, Aviraj Ingle, Vipul Bansal, Nicole Soo Leng Goh, Steven Bozinovski

Journal article  |  2022  |  RESPIROLOGY

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Inhalation of high concentrations of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can lead to silicosis. RCS cont..

Hospital-based multidisciplinary lung cancer care in Australia: a survey of the landscape in 2021

Fraser JH Brims, Chellan Kumarasamy, Jessica Nash, Tracy L Leong, Emily Stone, Henry M Marshall

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN RESPIRATORY RESEARCH

INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Australia and has the highest cancer burden. Numerous reports de..

Impact of smoking status and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on pulmonary complications post lung cancer surgery

Vishnu Jeganathan, Simon Knight, Matthew Bricknell, Anna Ridgers, Raymond Wong, Danny J Brazzale, Warren R Ruehland, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Tracy L Leong, Christine F McDonald

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS ONE

INTRODUCTION: Smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with an increased risk of post-operative pul..

Teaching Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound with a Three-Dimensional-printed Radial Ultrasound Model

Anna Ridgers, Jasun Li, Jasamine Coles-Black, Michael Jiang, Gordon Chen, Jason Chuen, Christine F McDonald, Graham Hepworth, Daniel P Steinfort, Louis B Irving, Peter Wallbridge, Barton R Jennings, Nguyen Phan, Tracy L Leong

Journal article  |  2021  |  ATS SCHOLAR

BACKGROUND: Peripheral pulmonary lesion (PPL) incidence is rising because of increased chest imaging sensitivity and frequency. Fo..