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Alexandra Thomas

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Medical Oncology
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Clinic 2-2, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Clinic 2-2, Durham, NC 27710

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2024 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent News Items


Published March 10, 2025
Targeted Therapies Improve Outcomes for Some Breast Cancers

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Recent Scholarly Works


A phase 1 study of ASTX727 plus talazoparib in patients with triple-negative or hormone resistant/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Journal article Cancer · April 15, 2026 BACKGROUND: Poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) is recruited to DNA damage sites along with epigenetic factors such as DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1). Inhibitors of DNMT modulate reactive oxygen species (ROS)-cyclic adenosine monophosphat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evolving incidence patterns for locally advanced operable breast cancer by receptor status: SEER 2010-2021.

Journal article NPJ Breast Cancer · November 13, 2025 Tumor biologic risk has replaced anatomic disease burden for guiding chemotherapy use in HR-positive, early-stage breast cancer. Recent surgical trials support less frequent axillary lymph node dissection, potentially impacting incidence of N2-3 diagnoses. ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


The Duke University - Duke Cancer Institute National Clinical Trials Network Lead Academic Participating Site (UG1) Support Grant

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2032

TBCRC Evolutionary Clinical Trial for Novel Biomarker-Driven Therapies (EVOLVE_BDT)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2025 - 2031

A Pragmatic Phase II Trial of Chemotherapy +/- Tocilizumab for Metastatic Triple Negative and ER-low Breast Cancers

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Indiana University · 2025 - 2030

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Education


Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine · 1995 M.D.