David K. Leung, MD, PhD

Peer Reviewed Articles Sherman, W.H., Chu, K., Chabot, J., Allendorf, J., Schrope, B.A., Hecht, E., Jin, B., Leung, D., Remotti, H., Addeo, G., Postolov, I., Wei, T., Fine, R.L. Neoadjuvant GTX Followed by GX/RT and Surgery in Locally Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Cancer (In print)

Einersen, P., Epelboym,I., Winner, M.D., Leung, D., Chabot, J.A., Allendorf, J.D. (2014) Positron emission tomography (PET) has limited utility in the staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 18(8):1441-1444

Chow, D.S., Essa, S.S., Kozberg, M.K., Lanzman, B., Miloushev, V.Z., Leung, D.K., Utukuri P.S., Filippi, C.G., and Lignelli, A. (2014) Behind the Name: Eponyms of Neuroradiology. Neurographics (Accepted)

Leivers, M., Tam, I., Groves, K., Leung, D. K., Xie, Y., Breslow, R. (2003) A forbidden rearrangement. Organic Letters 5: 3407-3409

Leung, D. K. (2002) I. Cyclodextrin dimers and trimers in peptide binding, protein inhibition, and photodynamic cancer therapy. II. Studies toward synthesis of a stable symmetrical cyclopropenyl anion. Ph.D. Thesis. Columbia University, New York

Yang, J., Leung, D. K. (2002) Facile synthesis of beta-cyclodextrin dithiols. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 12: 169-170

Leung, D. K., Atkins, J. H., Breslow, R. (2001) Synthesis and binding properties of cyclodextrin trimers. Tetrahedron Letters 42: 6255-6258

Baugh, S. D. P., Yang, Z., Leung, D. K., Wilson, D., Breslow, R. (2001) Cyclodextrin dimers as cleavable carriers of photodynamic sensitizers. Journal of American Chemical Society 123: 12488-12494

Leung, D. K., Yang, Z., Breslow, R. (2000) Selective disruption of protein aggregation by cyclodextrin dimers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 5050-5053

Breslow, R., Belvedere, S., Gershell, L., Leung, D. (2000) The chelate effect in binding, catalysis, and chemotherapy. Pure and Applied Chemistry 72: 333-342

Ruebner, A., Yang, Z., Leung, D., Breslow, R. (1999) A cyclodextrin dimer with a photocleavable linker as a possible carrier for the photosensitizer in photodynamic tumor therapy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 14692-14693

Case Reports Leung, D.K., Haskal, Z.J. (2006) Society of Interventional Radiology Film Panel Case: Mesenteric Involvement and Bowel Infarction due to Buerger Disease. Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology 17(7):1087-1089

Books and Chapters Leung, D.K., Schwartz, L. (2013) Hepatobiliary Imaging. Book chapter in preparation.

Leung, D.K., Divgi, C. (2012) Trans-arterial I-131 lipiodol therapy of liver tumors Aktolun, C., Goldsmith, S.J. eds, Nuclear Medicine Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications. New York: Springer.

Lameka, K., Leung, D., Divgi, C. (2012) Advances in image-guided radiotherapy. Chao, K.S.C. ed, Practical Essentials of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, 3rd edition. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Leung, D.K., Van Heertum, R. (2010) Traumatic brain injury in boxing athletes. Book chapter in press.

Masdeu, J.C., Leung, D.K., Ajtai, B., Ichise, M., Lignelli, A. (2009) Normal Structural and Functional Neuroanatomy for SPECT and PET Imaging. In: Van Heertum, R.L., Tikofsky, R.S., Ichise, M. eds, Functional Cerebral SPECT and PET Imaging, 4th edition. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Reviews and Editorials Leung, D.K., Krishnamoorthy, S., Schwartz, L., Divgi, C. (2014) Imaging approaches with advanced prostate cancer: techniques and timing. Canadian Journal of Urology. 21(Suppl 1):42-47

Fridman, R., Bar-David, T., Kamen, S., Staron, R.B., Leung, D.K., Rasiej, M.J. (2014) Imaging of diabetic foot infections. Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery. 31:43-56

Leung, D.K., Schwartz, L. (2013) Imaging of neuroendocrine tumors. Seminars in Oncology 40:109-119

Leung, D.K. and Van Heertum, R. (2009) Interventional nuclear brain imaging. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 39(3):195-203

Abstracts Can Pretreatment PET-CT Predict RECIST 1.1 Response in Subjects with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Undergoing Neoadjuvant GTX Chemotherapy? Jin, B., Hecht, E.M., Leung, D.K., Chu, K., Sandhu, R.S., Sherman, W.H. RSNA 2014

Huang, K., Malhotra, S., Villanueva, N., Beck, K., Dietz, D., Consul, N., Fenn, K., Coke, C., Biswa, A., Divgi, C., Leung, D., Halmos, B., Vinnakota, R., Gavrancic, T., Simeunovic, K., Zha, B., Gu, X., Park, Y., Acharyya, S. (2014) Retrospective analysis of cancer cachexia in patients with lung cancer. Cancer Cachexia Conference 2014

Leung, D.K., Eckstein, D.A., Lameka, K.A., Lee, J.A., Divgi, C.R. (2014) Utility of MIBI SPECT-CT and contrast-enhanced CT in primary hyperparathyroidism. Society of Nuclear Medicine 55 (Suppl 1): 476

Eckstein, D.A., Lameka, K.A., Leung, D.K., O'Connor, O.O., Divgi, C.R. (2014) Utility of contrast-enhanced CT in addition to FDG PET-CT for evaluation of lymphoma. Society of Nuclear Medicine 55 (Suppl 1): 597

Ojo, A., Balci, F.L., Leung, D., Rohde, C., Divgi, C., Feldman, S. (2014) Lymphatic-venous anastomosis to prevent breast cancer related lymphedema using LYMPHA technique: Preliminary results of a single-institution experience. American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Plett, S.K., Leung, D.K., Jurewicz, A., Farwell, M.D., Slifstein, M.M., Manchanda, R., Skovronsky, D., Van Heertum, R.L., Kung, H.F., Ichise, M. (2008) Quantification of vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 in the primate brain using [18F]-Fluoropropyl-(+)-DTBZ. Society of Nuclear Medicine 49 (Suppl 1):80P

Moore, S., Askew, J., Gibson, G., Aborgrein, A., Huckerby, T., El-Agnaf, O., Allsop, D., Leung, D., Breslow, R. (2002) Novel cyclodextrin dimers and trimers as inhibitors of amyloid peptide aggregation. Neurobiology of Aging 23: 397 S105

Leung, D. K., Wang, J., Thornton, J. C., Burastero, S., Pierson, R. N. (1995) Regional bone densities correlate with regional body circumferences in adult females - validation by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61: 910

Leung, D., Lindsay, R., Wang, J., Pierson, R. N. (1994) Lumbar scans correlate with total-body scans for total bone density and fat percent by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. FASEB Journal 8: A165

Burastero, B., Wang, J., Kofopouloui, I., Leung, D., Thornton, J., Heymsfield, S., Pierson, R. N. (1994) Skinfold equations to predict body fat percent are sport specific - validation by dual-photon absorptiometry. FASEB Journal 8: A165