Samantha Thomas | Scholars@Duke

Samantha Thomas
Biostatistician, Senior

Samantha is the manager of the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) Biostatistics Shared Resource. Collaboratively, she primarily works with physicians in DCI, specifically in research of Endocrine Neoplasia and Breast Cancer. She is also the director of the Biostatistics Core Training and Internship Program (BCTIP). Her professional experience involves study design, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials and observational studies. Her specific areas of interest include training of collaborative biostatisticians, modeling of non-linear associations and application of partitioning analyses to identify homogeneous patient groups.

Current Research Interests

Health Disparities Research
Cancer Research
Modeling of Non-Linear Associations
Decision-Tree and Recursive Partitioning Analysis

Office Hours

The Biostatistics Core holds office hours Mondays 9-10am in Hock Plaza 11016.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Biostatistician, Senior, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments

Contact Information

2424 Erwin Road, 8039 Hock 1 Box 2717, Durham, NC 27710
samantha.thomas@duke.edu +1 919 668 5892
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Research
Selected Grants
- Randomized Trial of Optimal Type of Aerobic Training in Breast Cancer awarded by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 2015 - 2019
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Aerobic Training During or After Adjuvant Therapy: A Randomized Trial awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2014
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Plichta, Jennifer K., Yi Ren, Samantha M. Thomas, Rachel A. Greenup, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Laura H. Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, and E Shelley Hwang. “Implications for Breast Cancer Restaging Based on the 8th Edition AJCC Staging Manual.” Ann Surg 271, no. 1 (January 2020): 169–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003071.
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  - Ahmadzia, Homa K., Laura Sanapo, Samantha M. Thomas, Chad A. Grotegut, and Brita K. Boyd. “Can we improve the gestation-adjusted projection (GAP) method for prediction of birth weight in morbidly obese women?” J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 32, no. 21 (November 2019): 3600–3605. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2018.1468882.
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  - Sergesketter, Amanda R., Samantha M. Thomas, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Carolyn S. Menendez, Laura H. Rosenberger, Rachel A. Greenup, Terry Hyslop, Edgardo R. Parrilla Castellar, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “The Influence of Age on the Histopathology and Prognosis of Atypical Breast Lesions.” J Surg Res 241 (September 2019): 188–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.047.
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  - Tamirisa, Nina, Hannah V. Williamson, Samantha M. Thomas, Kelly E. Westbrook, Rachel A. Greenup, Jennifer K. Plichta, Laura H. Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, and Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju. “The impact of chemotherapy sequence on survival in node-positive invasive lobular carcinoma.” J Surg Oncol 120, no. 2 (August 2019): 132–41. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.25492.
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  - Grimm, Lars J., Matthew M. Miller, Samantha M. Thomas, Yiling Liu, Joseph Y. Lo, E Shelley Hwang, Terry Hyslop, and Marc D. Ryser. “Growth Dynamics of Mammographic Calcifications: Differentiating Ductal Carcinoma in Situ from Benign Breast Disease.” Radiology 292, no. 1 (July 2019): 77–83. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2019182599.
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  - Sergesketter, Amanda R., Samantha M. Thomas, Whitney O. Lane, Jonah P. Orr, Ronnie L. Shammas, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Rachel A. Greenup, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “Decline in Racial Disparities in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis from 1998 to 2014.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 143, no. 6 (June 2019): 1560–70. https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000005611.
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  - Ji, Keven S. Y., Samantha M. Thomas, Sanziana A. Roman, Brian Czito, Kevin L. Anderson, Jessica Frakes, Mohamed A. Adam, Julie A. Sosa, and Timothy J. Robinson. “Low- vs. High-Dose Neoadjuvant Radiation in Trimodality Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer.” J Gastrointest Surg 23, no. 5 (May 2019): 885–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-4007-3.
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  - Sergesketter, Amanda R., Samantha M. Thomas, Whitney O. Lane, Ronnie L. Shammas, Rachel A. Greenup, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “The Influence of Marital Status on Contemporary Patterns of Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.” J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 72, no. 5 (May 2019): 795–804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2018.12.012.
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  - Lane, Whitney O., Samantha M. Thomas, Rachel C. Blitzblau, Jennifer K. Plichta, Laura H. Rosenberger, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Terry Hyslop, E Shelley Hwang, and Rachel A. Greenup. “Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor in Women With De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer: Contemporary Practice Patterns and Survival Analysis.” Ann Surg 269, no. 3 (March 2019): 537–44. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000002621.
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  - Hudson, Kathryn E., David Rizzieri, Samantha M. Thomas, Thomas W. LeBlanc, Zachary Powell, Louis Diehl, Joseph O. Moore, Carlos DeCastro, and Anne W. Beaven. “Dose-intense chemoimmunotherapy plus radioimmunotherapy in high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma: a phase II study.” Br J Haematol 184, no. 4 (February 2019): 647–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.15138.
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  - Kazaure, Hadiza S., Samantha Thomas, Randall P. Scheri, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “The devil is in the details: Assessing treatment and outcomes of 6,795 patients undergoing remedial parathyroidectomy in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program.” Surgery 165, no. 1 (January 2019): 242–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.026.
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  - Ong, Cecilia T., Brittany M. Campbell, Samantha M. Thomas, Rachel A. Greenup, Jennifer K. Plichta, Laura H. Rosenberger, Jeremy Force, et al. “Metaplastic Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes in 2500 Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of a National Oncology Database.” Ann Surg Oncol 25, no. 8 (August 2018): 2249–60. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6533-3.
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  - Vo, Loc-Uyen T., Clark Anderson, Samantha Thomas, Hannah Vernia, Jarett K. Howe, Alan H. Tyroch, and Tamara N. Fitzgerald. “Penetrating trauma in children on the United States-Mexico border: Hispanic ethnicity is not a risk factor.” Injury 49, no. 7 (July 2018): 1358–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2018.05.008.
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  - Scott, Jessica M., Neil M. Iyengar, Tormod S. Nilsen, Meghan Michalski, Samantha M. Thomas, James Herndon, John Sasso, et al. “Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of aerobic training in pretreated patients with metastatic breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial.” Cancer 124, no. 12 (June 15, 2018): 2552–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.31368.
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  - Leraas, Harold J., Laura H. Rosenberger, Yi Ren, Brian Ezekian, Uttara P. Nag, Christopher R. Reed, Samantha M. Thomas, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, and Elisabeth T. Tracy. “Pediatric phyllodes tumors: A review of the National Cancer Data Base and adherence to NCCN guidelines for phyllodes tumor treatment.” J Pediatr Surg 53, no. 6 (June 2018): 1123–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.02.070.
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  - Nilsen, Tormod S., Jessica M. Scott, Meghan Michalski, Catherine Capaci, Samantha Thomas, James E. Herndon, John Sasso, Neil D. Eves, and Lee W. Jones. “Novel Methods for Reporting of Exercise Dose and Adherence: An Exploratory Analysis.” Med Sci Sports Exerc 50, no. 6 (June 2018): 1134–41. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001545.
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  - Anderson, Kevin L., Mohamed A. Adam, Samantha M. Thomas, Linda Youngwirth, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Impact of Micro- and Macroscopically Positive Surgical Margins on Survival after Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma.” Ann Surg Oncol 25, no. 5 (May 2018): 1425–31. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6398-5.
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  - Adam, Mohamed A., Samantha Thomas, Linda Youngwirth, Terry Hyslop, Shelby D. Reed, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Reply to: "Surgeon Volume Threshold for Total Thyroidectomy".” Ann Surg 267, no. 4 (April 2018): e78–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000002161.
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  - Anderson, Kevin L., Samantha M. Thomas, Mohamed A. Adam, Lauren N. Pontius, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy.” Surgery 163, no. 1 (January 2018): 157–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.028.
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  - Wahidi, Momen M., Samantha Thomas, and Bercedis Peterson. “Reply to Gilbert et al.: The Impact of the ASAP Trial: Maybe We Shouldn't Act So Quickly.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 197, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 143–44. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201706-1190LE.
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  - Ong, Cecilia T., Samantha M. Thomas, Rachel C. Blitzblau, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Tristen S. Park, Jennifer K. Plichta, Laura H. Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, E. Shelley Hwang, and Rachel A. Greenup. “Patient Age and Tumor Subtype Predict the Extent of Axillary Surgery Among Breast Cancer Patients Eligible for the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Trial Z0011.” Ann Surg Oncol 24, no. 12 (November 2017): 3559–66. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-017-6075-0.
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  - Pontius, Lauren N., Taofik O. Oyekunle, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Projecting Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the Seventh and Eighth Editions of the American Joint Commission on Cancer/Union for International Cancer Control Staging Systems in Two Contemporary National Patient Cohorts.” Thyroid 27, no. 11 (November 2017): 1408–16. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2017.0306.
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  - Anand, Sarah, Samantha Thomas, Terry Hyslop, Janet Adcock, Kelly Corbet, Cristina Gasparetto, Richard Lopez, et al. “Transplantation of Ex Vivo Expanded Umbilical Cord Blood (NiCord) Decreases Early Infection and Hospitalization.” Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 23, no. 7 (July 2017): 1151–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.04.001.
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  - Edelman, Martin J., Xiaofei Wang, Lydia Hodgson, Richard T. Cheney, Maria Q. Baggstrom, Sachdev P. Thomas, Ajeet Gajra, et al. “Phase III Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of Celecoxib in Addition to Standard Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Cyclooxygenase-2 Overexpression: CALGB 30801 (Alliance).” J Clin Oncol 35, no. 19 (July 1, 2017): 2184–92. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2016.71.3743.
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  - Shah, Syed A., Mohamed A. Adam, Samantha M. Thomas, Randall P. Scheri, Michael T. Stang, Julie A. Sosa, and Sanziana A. Roman. “Racial Disparities in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Have We Bridged the Gap?” Thyroid 27, no. 6 (June 2017): 762–72. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2016.0626.
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  - Wahidi, Momen M., Chakravarthy Reddy, Lonny Yarmus, David Feller-Kopman, Ali Musani, R Wesley Shepherd, Hans Lee, et al. “Randomized Trial of Pleural Fluid Drainage Frequency in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusions. The ASAP Trial.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 195, no. 8 (April 15, 2017): 1050–57. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201607-1404OC.
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  - Susko, Matthew, Jason Lee, Joseph Salama, Samantha Thomas, Hope Uronis, David Hsu, John Migaly, Christopher Willett, Brian Czito, and Manisha Palta. “The Use of Re-irradiation in Locally Recurrent, Non-metastatic Rectal Cancer.” Ann Surg Oncol 23, no. 11 (October 2016): 3609–15. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-016-5250-z.
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  - Qin, Rosie, Adam Olson, Bhavana Singh, Samantha Thomas, Steven Wolf, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Brent A. Hanks, Joseph K. Salama, and April K. S. Salama. “Safety and Efficacy of Radiation Therapy in Advanced Melanoma Patients Treated With Ipilimumab.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 96, no. 1 (September 1, 2016): 72–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.04.017.
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  - Pontius, Lauren N., Linda M. Youngwirth, Samantha M. Thomas, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Lymphovascular invasion is associated with survival for papillary thyroid cancer.” Endocr Relat Cancer 23, no. 7 (July 2016): 555–62. https://doi.org/10.1530/ERC-16-0123.
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  - Ruel, Ewa, Samantha Thomas, Michaela A. Dinan, Jennifer M. Perkins, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie Ann Sosa. “Knowledge of pathologically versus clinically negative lymph nodes is associated with reduced use of radioactive iodine post-thyroidectomy for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer.” Endocrine 52, no. 3 (June 2016): 579–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-015-0826-0.
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  - Ahmadzia, H. K., S. M. Thomas, A. P. Murtha, R. P. Heine, and L. R. Brancazio. “Obstetric hemorrhage survey: Attitudes and practices of maternal-fetal medicine fellows.” Journal of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine 9, no. 2 (May 2016): 133–37. https://doi.org/10.3233/npm-16915119.
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  - Adam, Mohamed Abdelgadir, Samantha Thomas, Linda Youngwirth, Terry Hyslop, Shelby D. Reed, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Is There a Minimum Number of Thyroidectomies a Surgeon Should Perform to Optimize Patient Outcomes?” Ann Surg, March 8, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000001688.
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  - Leung, Jason H., Jui-Chih Chang, Sadé M. Bell, Zoie E. Holzknecht, Samantha M. Thomas, Mary Lou Everett, William Parker, R Duane Davis, and Shu S. Lin. “The role of soluble and insoluble gastric fluid components in the pathogenesis of obliterative bronchiolitis in rat lung allografts.” Transpl Int 29, no. 2 (February 2016): 253–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.12715.
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  - Goffredo, Paolo, Christa Jillard, Samantha Thomas, Randall P. Scheri, Julie Ann Sosa, and Sanziana Roman. “Minimally invasive follicular carcinoma: predictors of vascular invasion and impact on patterns of care.” Endocrine 51, no. 1 (January 2016): 123–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-015-0649-z.
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  - Garman, Katherine S., Leandi Kruger, Samantha Thomas, Marzena Swiderska-Syn, Barry K. Moser, Anna Mae Diehl, and Shannon J. McCall. “Ductal metaplasia in oesophageal submucosal glands is associated with inflammation and oesophageal adenocarcinoma.” Histopathology 67, no. 6 (December 2015): 771–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12707.
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  - Goffredo, Paolo, Samantha M. Thomas, Mohamed Abdelgadir Adam, Julie A. Sosa, and Sanziana A. Roman. “Impact of Timeliness of Resection and Thyroidectomy Margin Status on Survival for Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: An Analysis of 335 Cases.” Annals of Surgical Oncology 22, no. 13 (December 2015): 4166–74. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4742-6.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, David Ming, Joel C. Boggan, Ryan D. Schulteis, Samantha Thomas, Josh Choi, and Jonathan Bae. “An evaluation of physician predictions of discharge on a general medicine service.” J Hosp Med 10, no. 12 (December 2015): 808–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2439.
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  - Goffredo, P., M. A. Adam, S. M. Thomas, R. P. Scheri, J. A. Sosa, and S. A. Roman. “Patterns of Use and Short-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Population-Level Study.” World J Surg 39, no. 8 (August 2015): 1966–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3040-6.
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  - Mercer, Tim, Jon Bae, Joanna Kipnes, Maureen Velazquez, Samantha Thomas, and Noppon Setji. “The highest utilizers of care: individualized care plans to coordinate care, improve healthcare service utilization, and reduce costs at an academic tertiary care center.” J Hosp Med 10, no. 7 (July 2015): 419–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.2351.
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  - Jiang, Betty S., Paul J. Speicher, Samantha Thomas, Paul J. Mosca, Amy P. Abernethy, and Douglas S. Tyler. “Quality of life after isolated limb infusion for in-transit melanoma of the extremity.” Ann Surg Oncol 22, no. 5 (May 2015): 1694–1700. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-3979-9.
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  - Ruel, Ewa, Samantha Thomas, Michaela Dinan, Jennifer M. Perkins, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie Ann Sosa. “Adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy is associated with improved survival for patients with intermediate-risk papillary thyroid cancer.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100, no. 4 (April 2015): 1529–36. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-4332.
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  - Tuchman, Sascha A., Amy Lane, Whitney E. Hornsby, Caroline Bishop, Samantha Thomas, James E. Herndon, Gwynn Long, Cristina Gasparetto, and Lee W. Jones. “Quantitative measures of physical functioning after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: a feasibility study.” Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 15, no. 2 (February 2015): 103–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clml.2014.09.002.
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  - Mahmood, Kamran, Momen M. Wahidi, Samantha Thomas, Angela Christine Argento, Neil A. Ninan, Emily C. Smathers, and Scott L. Shofer. “Therapeutic bronchoscopy improves spirometry, quality of life, and survival in central airway obstruction.” Respiration 89, no. 5 (2015): 404–13. https://doi.org/10.1159/000381103.
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  - Ahmadzia, Homa Khorrami, Samantha Marie Thomas, Annie Melissa Dude, Chad Aaron Grotegut, and Brita Katherine Boyd. “Prediction of birthweight from third-trimester ultrasound in morbidly obese women.” Am J Obstet Gynecol 211, no. 4 (October 2014): 431.e1-431.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2014.06.041.
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  - Kelsey, C. R., J. M. Scott, A. Lane, E. Schwitzer, M. J. West, S. Thomas, J. E. Herndon, et al. “Cardiopulmonary exercise testing prior to myeloablative allo-SCT: a feasibility study.” Bone Marrow Transplant 49, no. 10 (October 2014): 1330–36. https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2014.159.
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  - Siddiqui, Nazema Y., and Samantha M. Thomas. “In reply.” Obstet Gynecol 124, no. 4 (October 2014): 839. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000488.
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  - Boggan, Joel C., George Cheely, Bimal R. Shah, Randy Heffelfinger, Deanna Springall, Samantha M. Thomas, Aimee Zaas, and Jonathan Bae. “A Novel Approach to Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Using a Web-Based Audit and Feedback Module.” Journal of Graduate Medical Education 6, no. 3 (September 2014): 541–46. https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-14-00016.1.
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  - Kenjale, Aarti A., Whitney E. Hornsby, Theresa Crowgey, Samantha Thomas, James E. Herndon, Michel G. Khouri, Amy R. Lane, et al. “Pre-exercise participation cardiovascular screening in a heterogeneous cohort of adult cancer patients.” Oncologist 19, no. 9 (September 2014): 999–1005. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0078.
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  - Ahmadzia, H. K., S. M. Thomas, R. P. Heine, A. P. Murtha, and L. R. Brancazio. “Survey of peripartum hysterectomy experiences: anticipated, unplanned, or averted.” Obstetrics and Gynecology 123 Suppl 1 (May 2014): 134S. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.aog.0000447104.53791.85.
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  - Jones, Lee W., Whitney E. Hornsby, Stephen J. Freedland, Amy Lane, Miranda J. West, Judd W. Moul, Michael N. Ferrandino, et al. “Effects of nonlinear aerobic training on erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular function following radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer.” Eur Urol 65, no. 5 (May 2014): 852–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2013.11.009.
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  - Khouri, Michel G., Whitney E. Hornsby, Niels Risum, Eric J. Velazquez, Samantha Thomas, Amy Lane, Jessica M. Scott, et al. “Utility of 3-dimensional echocardiography, global longitudinal strain, and exercise stress echocardiography to detect cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer patients treated with doxorubicin-containing adjuvant therapy.” Breast Cancer Res Treat 143, no. 3 (February 2014): 531–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-013-2818-1.
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  - Peel, Amanda B., Samantha M. Thomas, Kim Dittus, Lee W. Jones, and Susan G. Lakoski. “Cardiorespiratory fitness in breast cancer patients: a call for normative values.” Journal of the American Heart Association 3, no. 1 (January 13, 2014): e000432. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.113.000432.
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  - Denehy, Linda, Whitney E. Hornsby, James E. Herndon, Samantha Thomas, Neal E. Ready, Catherine L. Granger, Lauren Valera, Aarti A. Kenjale, Neil D. Eves, and Lee W. Jones. “Prognostic validation of the body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity (BODE) index in inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer.” J Thorac Oncol 8, no. 12 (December 2013): 1545–50. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0000000000000032.
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  - Lakoski, Susan G., Carolyn E. Barlow, Graeme J. Koelwyn, Whitney E. Hornsby, Jesse Hernandez, Laura F. Defina, Nina B. Radford, et al. “The influence of adjuvant therapy on cardiorespiratory fitness in early-stage breast cancer seven years after diagnosis: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.” Breast Cancer Res Treat 138, no. 3 (April 2013): 909–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-013-2478-1.
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  - Elmariah, Hany, Samantha Thomas, Joel C. Boggan, Aimee Zaas, and Jonathan Bae. “The Burden of Burnout.” Am J Med Qual 32, no. 2 (n.d.): 156–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860615625802.
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  - O’Donnell, Christopher, Samantha Thomas, Crystal Johnson, Lalit Verma, Jonathan Bae, and David Gallagher. “Incorporating Patient Acuity Rating Score Into Patient Handoffs and the Correlation With Rapid Responses and Unexpected ICU Transfers.” Am J Med Qual 32, no. 2 (n.d.): 122–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860616630809.
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- Other Articles
  - Goffredo, Paolo, Samantha M. Thomas, Michaela A. Dinan, Jennifer M. Perkins, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Patterns of use and cost for inappropriate radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid cancer in the United States: use and misuse.” Jama Intern Med, April 2015. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8020.
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- Conference Papers
  - Plichta, Jennifer K., Samantha M. Thomas, Rebecca Vernon, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Laura H. Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, E Shelley Hwang, and Rachel A. Greenup. “Breast cancer tumor histopathology, stage at presentation, and treatment in the extremes of age.” In Breast Cancer Res Treat, 180:227–35, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05542-4.
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  - Rosenberger, Laura H., Yi Ren, Samantha M. Thomas, Rachel A. Greenup, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “Axillary lymph node dissection in node-positive breast cancer: are ten nodes adequate and when is enough, enough?” In Breast Cancer Res Treat, 179:661–70, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05500-9.
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  - Champion, Cosette D., Yi Ren, Samantha M. Thomas, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Laura H. Rosenberger, Rachel A. Greenup, Carolyn S. Menendez, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “DCIS with Microinvasion: Is It In Situ or Invasive Disease?” In Ann Surg Oncol, 26:3124–32, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07556-9.
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  - Rosenberger, Laura H., Samantha M. Thomas, Jennifer K. Plichta, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Terry Hyslop, Rachel A. Greenup, and E Shelley Hwang. “Decreasing rates of axillary lymph node dissections over time: Implications for surgical resident exposure and operative skills development.” In Am J Surg, 218:786–91, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.07.013.
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  - Gupta, Anjuli, Rachel Greenup, Hannah Williamson, Samantha Thomas, and Shelley Hwang. “Evolving role of Oncotype DX (R) following TailoRx.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26:252–53. SPRINGER, 2019.
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  - Gupta, A. M., H. V. Williamson, R. A. Greenup, S. M. Thomas, O. M. Fayanju, J. K. Plichta, L. H. Rosenberger, and E. Hwang. “The Role of Tumor Phenotype and Histology in the Surgical Treatment of Early Stage Breast Cancer.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26:S90–91. SPRINGER, 2019.
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  - Foster, Yevgeniya, Michael J. Grant, Samantha M. Thomas, Blake Cameron, Doug Raiff, Kelly Corbet, Christopher Ferreri, and Mitchell E. Horwitz. “Treatment with Foscarnet after Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplant (AlloHCT) Is Associated with Long-Term Loss of Renal Function.” In Blood, 132:4594–4594. American Society of Hematology, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2018-99-113189.
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  - Plichta, Jennifer K., Hannah Vernia, Lars J. Grimm, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Samantha M. Thomas, Shelley Hwang, and Ryan P. Plichta. “It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Influence of Surgeon Gender on Patient Satisfaction Scores.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 227:e31–e31. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.08.082.
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  - Sergesketter, Amanda R., Samantha M. Thomas, Whitney O. Lane, Jonah P. Orr, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Rachel A. Greenup, and Scott T. Hollenbeck. “Evolving Patterns of Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction by Race/Ethnicity: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis from 1998 to 2014.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 227:S207–S207. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.453.
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  - Tamirisa, Nina, Samantha M. Thomas, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Rachel A. Greenup, Laura H. Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “Axillary Nodal Evaluation in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: Potential Effects on Treatment Decisions and Survival.” In Ann Surg Oncol, 25:2890–98, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6595-2.
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  - Plichta, Jennifer Kay, Samantha M. Thomas, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju, Rachel Adams Greenup, Laura Horst Rosenberger, Gretchen Genevieve Kimmick, Terry Hyslop, and Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang. “Restaging de novo metastatic breast cancer to refine prognostic estimates.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36:e13083–e13083. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.e13083.
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  - Tamirisa, Nina Prabha, Hannah Vernia, Samantha M. Thomas, Kelly E. Westbrook, Rachel Adams Greenup, Jennifer Kay Plichta, Laura Horst Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, and Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju. “The impact of chemotherapy sequence on survival in node-positive invasive lobular carcinoma.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36:587–587. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.587.
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  - Oyekunle, Taofik O., Samantha M. Thomas, Rachel A. Greenup, Terry Hyslop, and Kimberly Blackwell. “Incidence and mortality among breast cancer patients < 40 years old: US trends from 1992-2014.” In Cancer Research, Vol. 78. AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2018.
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  - Plichta, J. K., S. M. Thomas, R. A. Greenup, O. M. Fayanju, L. H. Rosenberger, N. Tamirisa, T. Hyslop, and E. S. Hwang. “Clinical and Pathologic Stage Discordance is Associated with Breast Cancer Prognosis.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25:S94–S94. SPRINGER, 2018.
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  - Thomas, S. M., O. M. Fayanju, J. K. Plichta, L. H. Rosenberger, J. Force, T. Hyslop, E. S. Hwang, and R. A. Greenup. “Treatment Patterns and Outcomes for Breast Cancer with Isolated Supraclavicular Metastases.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25:S26–S26. SPRINGER, 2018.
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  - Pontius, Lauren N., Taofik Oyekunle, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Projecting Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the 7th and 8th Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Staging Systems in A Contemporary National Patient Cohort.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 225:S72–S72. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.151.
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  - Stephens, S. J., Y. A. Abdelazim, S. M. Thomas, J. K. Salama, D. J. Godfrey, C. G. Willett, B. Czito, and M. Palta. “The Impact of Biologically Equivalent Dose on Tumor Control in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.” In International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 99:E188–89. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1053.
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  - Campbell, Brittany Morgan, Samantha Marie Thomas, Cecilia Tuongquang Ong, Rachel Adams Greenup, Jennifer Kay Plichta, Laura Horst Rosenberger, Jeremy Meyer Force, Terry Hyslop, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, and Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju. “The epidemiology of metaplastic breast cancer: A review of 2,500 cases from the national cancer database.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35:1570–1570. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.1570.
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  - Greenup, Rachel Adams, Samantha Marie Thomas, Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju, Terry Hyslop, and Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang. “Impact of insurance status on treatment for stage 0-IV breast cancer.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35:6532–6532. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6532.
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  - Ong, Cecilia Tuongquang, Samantha Marie Thomas, Brittany Morgan Campbell, Rachel Adams Greenup, Jennifer Kay Plichta, Laura Horst Rosenberger, Jeremy Meyer Force, Terry Hyslop, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, and Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju. “A population-based analysis of treatment and outcomes in 2,500 metaplastic breast cancer patients.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35:532–532. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.532.
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  - Park, Tristen Sinae, Samantha Marie Thomas, Rachel Adams Greenup, and Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang. “Role of axillary node dissection after mastectomy with positive sentinel nodes.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35:554–554. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.554.
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  - Plichta, Jennifer Kay, Samantha Marie Thomas, Oluwadamilola Motunrayo Fayanju, Laura Horst Rosenberger, Tristen Sinae Park, Terry Hyslop, Rachel Adams Greenup, and Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang. “Temporal associations between prognostic indicators and overall survival after breast cancer.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35:e18144–e18144. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e18144.
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  - Adam, Mohamed Abdelgadir, Samantha Thomas, Linda Youngwirth, Theodore Pappas, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Defining a Hospital Volume Threshold for Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy in the United States.” In Jama Surg, 152:336–42, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4753.
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  - Lane, Whitney, Samantha M. Thomas, Jennifer K. Plichta, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Laura H. Rosenberger, Terry Hyslop, E Shelley Hwang, and Rachel A. Greenup. “Surgical resection of the primary tumor in women with stage IV breast cancer: Contemporary practice patterns and survival analysis.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 24:46–46. SPRINGER, 2017.
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  - Park, Tristen, Samantha Thomas, Laura Rosenberger, Oluwadamilola Fayanju, Jennifer Plichta, Cecilia Ong, Terry Hyslop, E Shelley Hwang, and Rachel Greenup. “The Impact of Axillary Surgery on Women with N2-N3 Invasive Breast Cancer.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 24:162–63. SPRINGER, 2017.
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  - Anand, S., S. Thomas, T. Hyslop, K. Corbet, C. Gasparetto, G. Long, A. Morris, et al. “Transplantation of Ex vivo Expanded Umbilical Cord Blood (Nicord) Results in Decreased Infection Burden and Hospital Length of Stay in the First 100 Days.” In Bone Marrow Transplantation, 51:S52–53. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016.
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  - Koelwyn, Graeme J., Nia C. Lewis, Susan L. Ellard, Lee W. Jones, Jinelle C. Gelinas, J Douglass Rolf, Bernie Melzer, et al. “Ventricular-Arterial Coupling in Breast Cancer Patients After Treatment With Anthracycline-Containing Adjuvant Chemotherapy.” In The Oncologist, 21:141–49, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0352.
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  - Adam, Mohamed, Samantha M. Thomas, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie Ann Sosa. “Is There a Minimum Case Volume of Thyroidectomies Associated with Superior Outcomes? An Analysis of 37,118 Cases in the US.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 221:S60–61. Elsevier BV, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.07.132.
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  - Swaminathan, Aparna C., Joel C. Boggan, Samantha Thomas, and Jonathan Bae. “"WE FOLLOW-UP": IMPROVING FOLLOW-UP, COMMUNICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF OUTPATIENT TEST RESULTS BY DUKE RESIDENTS.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 30:S46–47. SPRINGER, 2015.
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  - Ahmadzia, Homa, Evelyn Lockhart, Chad Grotegut, Samantha Thomas, Ian Welsby, Maureane Hoffman, Amy Murtha, and Geeta Swamy. “Effect of antifibrinolytic drugs on in vitro clot formation among peripartum women.” In American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 212:S96–S96. MOSBY-ELSEVIER, 2015.
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  - Wheeler, Sarahn, Brian Antczak, Homa Ahmadzia, Samantha Thomas, Geeta Swamy, Amy Murtha, and Patrick Seed. “709: Race, latency, and fetal membrane microbiota diversity in preterm premature rupture of membranes.” In American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 212:S346–S346. Elsevier BV, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2014.10.915.
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  - Kelsey, C. R., J. Scott, A. Lane, E. Schwitzer, M. West, S. Thomas, J. Herndon, et al. “Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Prior to Myeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Using Total Body Irradiation: A Feasibility Study.” In International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 90:S681–S681. Elsevier BV, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2003.
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  - Ahmadzia, Homa, Emily Patel, Huizi Lian, Samantha Thomas, Terrence Allen, Chad Grotegut, and Brita Boyd. “137: Can the gestation-adjusted projection (GAP) method be used in obese to super morbidly obese women to predict birth weight?” In American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 210:S82–83. Elsevier BV, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2013.10.170.
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  - Ahmadzia, Homa, Huizi Lian, Sarah Moustafa, Ann Dude, Jennifer Gilner, Samantha Thomas, Terrence Allen, Chad Grotegut, and Brita Boyd. “138: Prediction of birth weight by early versus late third trimester ultrasound in morbidly obese women.” In American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 210:S83–S83. Elsevier BV, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2013.10.171.
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  - Thompson, Jennifer, Kimberly Fortner, Brian Antczak, Liping Feng, Samantha Thomas, Chad Grotegut, Patrick Seed, and Amy Murtha. “791: Immunohistochemical distribution of toll-like receptors in human fetal membranes.” In American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 210:S387–S387. Elsevier BV, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2013.10.824.
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