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Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, B.A., 1978, Chemistry/Biology
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, M.D., 1982, Medicine
University of California San Francisco, Residency, 1985, Internal Medicine
University of California San Francisco, Fellowship, 1988, Hematology/Oncology

Damon LE (1982) Effect of relocation on the elderly. Am Fam Phys 26: 144-148.

Damon LE, Cadman EC (1986) Recent advances in combination chemotherapy. Cancer Invest 4:421-444.

Damon L, Adams M, Stricker R, Ries C (1987) Intracranial bleeding during treatment with hydroxyl ethyl starch. N Engl J Med 317:964-965 (letter).

Damon LE, Cadman EC (1988) Metabolic basis for combination chemotherapy. Pharmacol Ther 38:73-127.

Rochlitz CR, Damon LE, Russi MB, Geddes A, Cadman, EC (1988) Cytotoxicity of ketoconazole in malignant cell lines. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 21:319-322.

Damon LE, Cadman EC, Benz C (1989) Enhancement of 5-fluorouracil antitumor effect by the prior administration of methotrexate. Pharmacol Ther 43:155-185.

Damon LE, Mass R, Linker CA (1989) The association between high-dose cytosine arabinoside neurotoxicity and renal insufficiency. J Clin Oncol 7:1563-1568.

Damon LE, Christensen S, Rochlitz CR, Cadman EC (1989) Sequence-dependent synergistic cytotoxicity between etoposide and fluoropyrimidines. Anticancer Res 9:1761-1768.

Damon LE, Plunkett W, and Linker CA (1991) Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics of 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine and 1-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil following the repeated intravenous administration of high and intermediate dose 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine. Cancer Res 51:4141-4145.

Damon LE (1992) Anemias of chronic disease in the aged: diagnosis and treatment. Geriatrics 47:47-57.

Damon LE, Plunkett W, and Linker CA (1992) Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics of 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine and 1-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil following the repeated intravenous administration of high-and -intermediate-dose 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine. Cancer Res. 52:3819-3820 (reply to letter to the editor).

Thompson CE, Damon LE, Ries CA, and Linker CA (1992) Thrombotic microangiopathies in the 1980's: clinical features, response to treatment, and the impact of the HIV epidemic. Blood 80:1890-1895.

Linker CA, Ries CA, Damon LE, Rugo HS, and Wolf JL, (1993). Autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia using busulfan plus etoposide as a preparative regimen. Blood. 81:311-318.

Galli FC, Damon LE, Tomlanovich SJ, Keith F, Chatterjee K, and DeMarco T (1993). Cyclosporine induced hemolytic uremic syndrome in a heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transpl. 12:440-444.

Small EJ, Venook AP, and Damon LE (1993). Gallium avid thymic hyperplasia in an adult following chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease: a case report and review of the literature. Cancer 72:905-908.

Linker CA, Damon LE, Ries CA, Rugo HS, Wolf JL (1993). Busulfan plus etoposide as a preparative regimen for autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia: an update. Semin Oncol 20 (Suppl 4): 40-48.

Damon LE, Rugo HS, Ries CA, Linker CA (1994). Post-remission cytopenias following intense induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 8:535-541.

Rugo HS, Damon LE, Ries CA, Wolf JL, Linker CA (1994). High-dose chemotherapy for peripheral stem cell procurement in leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Progress Clin Biology Research 389: 505-11.

Lipschutz JH, Miller T, Yen TSB, Vartannian RK, Graber ML, Damon LE, (1995). Unreliability of the abdominal fat pad biopsy in the evaluation of nephrosis: report of 3 consecutive cases. Am J Nephrol 15: 431-435.

Damon LE, Rugo HS, Ries CA, Linker CA (1996). Delayed engraftment of 4-hydroperoxyclophosphamide-purged autologous bone marrow after induction treatment containing mitoxantrone for acute myelogenous leukemia. Bone Marrow Transpl 17:93-9.

Terdiman JP, Linker CA, Ries CA, Damon LE, Rugo HS, Ostroff JW (1996). The role of endoscopic evaluation in patients with suspected intestinal graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Endoscopy 28:680-5.

Zander AR, Kruger W, Kroger N, Damon L, Konigmann M, Berdel WE, Gieseking F, Schafer-Eckart K, Mobus V, Frickhofen N, Wandt H, Illiger HJ, Metzner B, Kolbe K, Wormann B, Trumper L, Huber C, Hossfeld DK, Maass H, Jonat W, for the German GABG-4/EH-93-Study (1996). High dose mitoxantrone with thiotepa, cyclophosphamide and autologous stem cell rescue for high risk stage II and stage III breast cancer. Bone Marrow Transpl 18 (Suppl 1):S24-25.

DeMarco T, Damon LE, Colombe B, Keith F, Chatterjee K, Garovoy M (1997). Successful immunomodulation with intravenous gammaglobulin and cyclophosphamide in an alloimmunized cardiac transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transpl.16:360-5.

Smith GA, Damon LE, Rugo HS, Ries CA, Linker CA (1997). High-dose Ara-C (HDAC) dose modification reduces the incidence of neurotoxicity in patients with renal insufficiency. J Clin Oncol 15:833-839.

Damon LE (1997). Increasing survival in invasive breast cancer. Cancer Management Today 2:1-5.

Feldman EJ, Seiter K, Damon L, Linker C, Rugo H, Ries C, Case DC Jr, Beer M, Ahmed T (1997). A randomized trial of high vs standard-dose mitoxantrone with cytarabine in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 11: 485-489.

Linker CA, Ries CA, Damon LE, Rugo HS, and Wolf JL (1998). Autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia using 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide-purged bone marrow and the busulfan/etoposide preparative regimen: a follow-up report. Bone Marrow Transpl 22:865-872.

Books and Book Chapters

Rugo HS, Damon LE (1990) Occupational hematology. In Occupational Medicine, Joseph LaDou (ed): Appleton and Lange Medical Publications, East Norwalk, CT. pp 155-169.

Damon LE (1994). Immunohematology. In Manual of Allergy and Immunology, Glenn J. Lawlor Jr., Thomas J. Fischer, Daniel Adelman (eds): Little, Brown and Company, Boston/Toronto. pp 353- 380.

Small EJ and Damon LE (1996) Blood. In Geriatrics, Lonergan ET (ed): Appleton and Lange, Stamford, CT. pp 262-287.

Rugo HS, Damon LE (1997) Occupational hematology. In Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Joseph LaDou (ed): Appleton & Lange, Stamford, CT. pp 204-220.

Ignoffo RJ, Viele CS, Damon LE, Venook A (eds) (1997). Cancer Chemotherapy Pocket Guide. Lippincott-Raven Publishers

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