Bonnie Leung | Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation

Bonnie Leung is a nurse practitioner in oncology at BC Cancer – Vancouver and PhD student at the UBC School of Nursing. She has been working with both medical and radiation oncology, caring for patients with lung cancer since 2014. Her research interests include psycho-oncology, palliative and end-of-life care, health disparities of racialized or culturally and linguistically diverse older adults, geriatric oncology, and improving the care of people living with cancer-related spinal cord injury.

Bonnie was the recipient of a 2022 CIHR Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship to study the disparities in care and care outcomes of cancer-related spinal cord injury. She was also awarded the CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship for her doctoral studies for her work on identifying barriers to cancer treatment-related decision-making among older immigrants with cancer. In her new role as Nurse Practitioner Clinician Scientist, she will continue her work on examining the barriers in care for people living with cancer-related spinal cord injury and implementing geriatric oncology nurse-led initiatives within team-based care.

Selected Publications

Predicting which patients with cancer will see a psychiatrist or counsellor from their initial oncology consultation document using natural language processing.

Communications medicine, 2024

Nunez, John-Jose, Leung, Bonnie, Ho, Cheryl, Ng, Raymond T, Bates, Alan T

Caring for older adults with cancer in Canada: Views from healthcare providers and cancer care allies in the community.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024

Li, Hong, Kilgour, Heather, Leung, Bonnie, Cho, Michelle, Pollock, Joy, Culbertson, Stuart, Hedges, Penelope, Mariano, Caroline, Haase, Kristen R

Cancer treatment-related decision-making among culturally and linguistically diverse older adults with cancer: A scoping review by the International Society of Geriatric Oncology Nursing and Allied Health Interest Group.

Journal of geriatric oncology, 2023

Leung, Bonnie, Pilleron, Sophie, Bastiaannet, Esther, Coombs, Lorinda A, Jin, Rana, Kantilal, Kavita, Kantilal, Kumud, Kenis, Cindy, Kobekyaa, Francis, Kosmari, Ludmila, Krok-Schoen, Jessica L, Li, Juan, Mac Eochagain, Colm, Newton, Lorelei, Ruegg, Tracy, Stolz-Baskett, Petra, Zhao, Yue, Bradley, Cara, Puts, Martine, Haase, Kristen R

Beyond PACIFIC: Real-World Outcomes of Adjuvant Durvalumab According to Treatment Received and PD-L1 Expression.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2023

Denault, Marie-Hélène, Feng, Jamie, Kuang, Shelley, Shokoohi, Aria, Leung, Bonnie, Liu, Mitchell, Berthelet, Eric, Laskin, Janessa, Sun, Sophie, Zhang, Tina, Ho, Cheryl, Melosky, Barbara

Evaluating the childcare needs of cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2023

Li, Zhang Hao Jim, MacDonald, Kenzie, Preston, Katherine, Giuliani, Meredith, Leung, Bonnie, Melosky, Barbara, Simmons, Christine, Hamilton, Sarah, Tinker, Anna, Ingledew, Paris-Ann

Real-World Outcomes of Stage IV NSCLC with PD-L1 ≥ 50% Treated with First-Line Pembrolizumab: Uptake of Second-Line Systemic Therapy.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2023

Rittberg, Rebekah, Leung, Bonnie, Shokoohi, Aria, Pender, Alexandra, Wong, Selina, Al-Hashami, Zamzam, Wang, Ying, Ho, Cheryl

Improved uptake and survival with systemic treatments for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: younger versus older adults.

BMC cancer, 2023

Leung, Bonnie, Shokoohi, Aria, Al-Hashami, Zamzam, Moore, Sara, Pender, Alexandra, Wong, Selina K, Wang, Ying, Wu, Jonn, Ho, Cheryl

Predicting the Survival of Patients With Cancer From Their Initial Oncology Consultation Document Using Natural Language Processing.

JAMA network open, 2023

Nunez, John-Jose, Leung, Bonnie, Ho, Cheryl, Bates, Alan T, Ng, Raymond T

Real World Patient Eligibility for Second Line Lurbinectedin Based Treatment in Small Cell Lung Cancer: Understanding Epidemiology and Estimating Health Care Utilization.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2022

Rittberg, Rebekah, Leung, Bonnie, Al-Hashami, Zamzam, Ho, Cheryl

Alternate Pembrolizumab Dosing Interval in Advanced NSCLC with PD-L1 TPS ≥ 50%: 3 Weekly Compared to 6 Weekly Dosing.

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2022

Jones, Lauren, Rittberg, Rebekah, Leung, Bonnie, Shokoohi, Aria, Pender, Alexandra, Wong, Selina, Al-Hashami, Zamzam, Wang, Ying, Ho, Cheryl

End-of-Life Health Resource Utilization for Limited English-Proficient Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

JCO oncology practice, 2022

Leung, Bonnie, Wong, Selina K, Ho, Cheryl

Real-world eligibility for platinum doublet plus immune checkpoint inhibitors in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.

Frontiers in oncology, 2022

Rittberg, Rebekah, Leung, Bonnie, Al-Hashami, Zamzam, Ho, Cheryl

Assessing psychological health and social support in older adults with cancer, a how-to guide - A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology and Nursing & Allied Health Interest Group initiative.

Journal of geriatric oncology, 2022

Haase, Kristen R, Leung, Bonnie, Sun, Virginia, Gomes, Fabio

Comparison of 2-Weekly Versus 4-Weekly Durvalumab Consolidation for Locally Advanced NSCLC Treated With Chemoradiotherapy: A Brief Report.

JTO clinical and research reports, 2022

Denault, Marie-Hélène, Kuang, Shelley, Shokoohi, Aria, Leung, Bonnie, Liu, Mitchell, Berthelet, Eric, Laskin, Janessa, Sun, Sophie, Zhang, Tina, Melosky, Barbara, Ho, Cheryl

Geriatric assessment-informed treatment decision making and downstream outcomes: what are the research priorities?

Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2022

Hsu, Tina, Leung, Bonnie, Mariano, Caroline

Effect of targeted therapy and immunotherapy on advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer outcomes in the real world.

Cancer medicine, 2022

Shokoohi, Aria, Al-Hashami, Zamzam, Moore, Sara, Pender, Alexandra, Wong, Selina K, Wang, Ying, Leung, Bonnie, Wu, Jonn, Ho, Cheryl

Mapping childcare support for patients at a sample of North American hospitals and cancer centers: an environmental scan.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022

Preston, Katherine, MacDonald, Mackenzie, Giuliani, Meredith, Leung, Bonnie, Simmons, Christine, Melosky, Barbara, Ingledew, Paris-Ann

Patient-reported psychosocial needs and psychological distress predict survival in geriatric oncology patients.

Journal of geriatric oncology, 2021

Leung, Bonnie, Shokoohi, Aria, Bates, Alan, Ho, Cheryl

Patient-reported psychosocial distress in adolescents and young adults with germ cell tumours.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2021

Soleimani, M, Kollmannsberger, C, Bates, A, Leung, B, Ho, Cheryl

Population-based analysis of curative therapies in stage II non-small cell lung cancer: the role of radiotherapy in medically inoperable patients.

Radiation oncology (London, England), 2020

Moore, Sara, Leung, Bonnie, Wu, Jonn, Ho, Cheryl

Survival Outcomes of Salvage Therapy for Local and Regionally Recurrent NSCLC.

JTO clinical and research reports, 2020

Moore, Sara, Leung, Bonnie, Wu, Jonn, Ho, Cheryl

Distinct Features of Psychosocial Distress of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer Compared to Adults at Diagnosis: Patient-Reported Domains of Concern.

Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 2020

Smrke, Alannah, Leung, Bonnie, Srikanthan, Amirrtha, McDonald, Melanie, Bates, Alan, Ho, Cheryl

Emotional distress and psychosocial needs in patients with breast cancer in British Columbia: younger versus older adults.

Breast cancer research and treatment, 2020

Naik, Hiten, Leung, Bonnie, Laskin, Janessa, McDonald, Melanie, Srikanthan, Amirrtha, Wu, Jonn, Bates, Alan, Ho, Cheryl

Real-World Treatment of Stage III NSCLC: The Role of Trimodality Treatment in the Era of Immunotherapy.

Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 2019

Moore, Sara, Leung, Bonnie, Wu, Jonn, Ho, Cheryl

Assessing the psychosocial needs of newly diagnosed patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer: Identifying factors associated with distress.

Psycho-oncology, 2019

Leung, Bonnie, Laskin, Janessa, Wu, Jonn, Bates, Alan, Ho, Cheryl

Survival Implications of De Novo Versus Recurrent Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

American journal of clinical oncology, 2019

Moore, Sara, Leung, Bonnie, Wu, Jonn, Ho, Cheryl

Psychosocial Distress Scores and Needs among Newly Diagnosed Sarcoma Patients: A Provincial Experience.

Sarcoma, 2019

Srikanthan, Amirrtha, Leung, Bonnie, Shokoohi, Aria, Smrke, Alannah, Bates, Alan, Ho, Cheryl

The relationship between language proficiency and surgical length of stay following cardiac bypass surgery.

European journal of cardiovascular nursing, 2016

Tang, Erin W, Go, Jeremy, Kwok, Andrea, Leung, Bonnie, Lauck, Sandra, Wong, Sabrina T, Taipale, Priscilla G, Ratner, Pamela A

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