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Sun · 3 May 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-05-03 (Sunday)

Window: 2026-05-01T09:00Z → 2026-05-03T09:00Z (CRDT) ⚠️ 48h expansion triggered Topics scanned: 10 | Articles reviewed: ~80 candidates across all searches | Candidates evaluated: 8 (abstract or title available) High priority: 1 | Standard: 3 | Low/archive: 4 | Unsolicited finds: 0 Run status: PARTIAL_SUCCESS


🔴 HIGH PRIORITY (8+) — Best Finds by Topic

(Note: score 7 + EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION flag → HIGH per pipeline rules)

Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

TR-2026-05-03-001 / PMID 42054834 · Exosomes as emerging biomarkers in breast, lung, and colorectal cancer diagnosis: A comprehensive review · 7/10 🔴 → Yildirim I, Avci CB · Seminars in Oncology (2026-04) → Clinically ready exosomal biomarker candidates (miRNAs, lncRNAs, circRNAs) enable tissue-free molecular subtyping in breast cancer, malignant vs. benign nodule distinction in lung cancer, and premalignant adenoma detection in CRC; multi-omic panels outperform single biomarkers. Strong translational framing makes this a useful pipeline handoff for early detection evidence synthesis.


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

Novel therapeutics (immunotherapy, CAR-T, targeted therapy)

TR-2026-05-03-002 / PMID 42068133 · HDAC inhibition unlocks tumor plasticity and enhances immunotherapy response in Myc-driven small cell lung cancer · 6/10 ⚪ → Ghafoor A et al. (NCI) · Mol Cancer Ther (2026-05-01) → Treatment Innovation | Exploratory

Precision oncology and genomic medicine

TR-2026-05-03-003 / PMID 42055801 · Best practice recommendations for bioinformatics approaches for rare disease and cancer diagnosis within UK NHS · 5/10 🟢 → Ellingford JM et al. · J Med Genet (2026-04-29) → Genomics/Precision Medicine | Validated (guideline)

Aging, longevity, and population health

TR-2026-05-03-004 / PMID 42055601 · Dual pharmacological targeting of CARM1 and SIK drives ketogenesis in hepatocytes and mice · 5/10 ⚪ → Bergonci T et al. (Aarhus University) · Br J Pharmacol (2026-04-29) → Drug Development (longevity-metabolic) | Exploratory


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

None this run.


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

By watchlist topic (reviewed / kept / highest score):

Topic Searched Kept Highest Score
Hematologic malignancies 4 0 n/a (not retrievable)
CBC/ML hematology 0 0 n/a
Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy) 3 1 7
AI/ML clinical diagnostics 9 1 3
Precision oncology/genomic medicine 10 1 5
Novel therapeutics (immunotherapy, CAR-T) 9 1 6
Cardiovascular-metabolic (GLP-1, SGLT2) 6 0 n/a (not retrievable)
Aging/longevity/population health 11 2 5
Rare diseases 5 1 3
Sentinel 10 0 n/a

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run (HIGH): Hematologic malignancies, CBC/ML hematology, AI/ML diagnostics, Precision oncology, Novel therapeutics, Cardiovascular-metabolic, Aging/longevity, Rare diseases, Sentinel

By source type: peer_reviewed 8 | preprint 0


🔧 RUN NOTES

⚠️ WINDOW EXPANSION TRIGGERED (48h): Primary 24h window (2026-05-02T09:00Z → 2026-05-03T09:00Z) yielded < 5 retrievable records. Protocol calls for one-time 48h expansion to 2026-05-01T09:00Z. Expansion search returned 478 results but top hits were same unretrievable records; no additional net-new articles from expansion. All processed articles come from deferred PMID queue.

⚠️ MAJOR NCBI INDEXING LAG (SUNDAY PATTERN): ~46/50 esearch-found PMIDs not retrievable via efetch or esummary as of run time. PubMed weekend indexing lag is a known pattern; records typically become retrievable 12–24h later. Affected topics: hematologic malignancies, cardiovascular-metabolic, AI/ML diagnostics, precision oncology, sentinel scan.

📬 DEFERRED PMID PROCESSING: 5 deferred PMIDs from 2026-05-02 run processed this run: 42056639 (dementia bibliometrics, LOW), 42056619 (AI/ENT, LOW), 42055801 (NHS genomics guideline, STANDARD), 42055601 (CARM1/SIK ketogenesis, STANDARD), 42054834 (exosome biomarker review, HIGH). Deferred queue successfully resolved.

📤 NEW DEFERRED PMIDs for 2026-05-04: Top 5 high-potential PMIDs from today's window, not yet retrievable — prioritized by search context signal:

  1. 42068200 — matched liquid biopsy/ctDNA + AI/ML + precision oncology (strong multi-topic signal)
  2. 42068188 — immunotherapy/cancer + sentinel scan
  3. 42067982 — early cancer detection (liquid biopsy)
  4. 42068170 — cardiovascular-metabolic (GLP-1/SGLT2)
  5. 42068156 — immunotherapy + precision oncology + sentinel

CBC/ML hematology: 10th consecutive sparse/empty search window (no articles identified in 10 runs)

Rolling 7-day zero-HIGH topics: Cardiovascular-metabolic (no HIGH this run; only 1 HIGH in last 7 days — SGLT2 meta-analysis 2026-04-29), CBC/ML hematology (persistent empty).

Low/archive records (not individually listed above):