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Fri · 15 May 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-05-15

Window: 2026-05-14T09:00:00Z → 2026-05-15T09:00:00Z (CRDT)
Topics scanned: 10 | Articles reviewed: ~89 unique PMIDs | Candidates evaluated: ~89
High priority: 2 | Standard: 14 | Low/archive: 20 | Unsolicited finds: 0
Run status: SUCCESS


🔴🟠 HIGH PRIORITY (8+ or NOVEL_TREATMENT/EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION flag) — Best Finds by Topic

CBC-Based Diagnostics & Machine Learning in Hematology + Early Cancer Detection

TR-2026-05-15-001 / PMID 42135686 · Full BLOOD count TRends for colorectal cAnCer deteCtion (BLOODTRACC): external validation of dynamic clinical prediction models for early detection of colorectal cancer in primary care. · 9/10 · 🔴 EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION
→ External validation of CBC-trend prediction models for CRC in primary care — the strongest find of the run. Routine blood count data powering validated early detection tools at population scale. Virdee PS et al., BMC Cancer, 2026 May 14. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-026-16179-9

Novel Therapeutics: Immunotherapy

TR-2026-05-15-002 / PMID 42135568 · Betrixaban activates cGAS-STING to promote antitumor immunity without pathological inflammation. · 5/10 (preclinical cap) / HIGH by NOVEL_TREATMENT flag · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT
→ FDA-approved anticoagulant repurposed as dual immunomodulator: noncanonical cGAS-STING activation boosts CD8+ T cell infiltration and synergizes with checkpoint blockade while suppressing cytokine storm — solves the antitumor/anti-inflammatory balance problem in ICI therapy. Zhao Y et al., EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2026 May 14. DOI: 10.1038/s44321-026-00429-1


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

Hematologic Malignancies

Early Cancer Detection / Liquid Biopsy

AI/ML in Clinical Diagnostics

Novel Therapeutics / Immunotherapy

Precision Oncology

Cardiovascular-Metabolic (GLP-1/SGLT2)

Aging, Longevity, and Population Health

Rare Diseases

No high-priority finds today. Best candidate scored 3/10 (case report). All 10 candidates reviewed were case reports, protocol publications, or out-of-scope articles.


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

None above threshold today. BLOODTRACC (42135686) was captured by both the sentinel scan and watchlist topics; it is classified as a watchlist hit.


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

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

Topic Reviewed Kept High Score
Hematologic malignancies 10 1 5
CBC/ML hematology 10 3 9
Early cancer detection 10 3 9
AI/ML diagnostics 10 5 7
Precision oncology 10 3 7
Immunotherapy/CAR-T 10 3 5
CV-metabolic/GLP-1/SGLT2 10 3 7
Aging/longevity 10 2 7
Rare diseases 10 0 3
Sentinel scan 10 1 9

By source type: peer_reviewed 16 | preprint 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run: Hematologic malignancies · Rare diseases · AI/ML diagnostics · Precision oncology · CV-metabolic · Aging
(Note: BLOODTRACC scores 9 and covers both CBC/ML and Early cancer detection; immunotherapy topic produced 1 HIGH via NOVEL_TREATMENT flag, not score threshold)


🔧 RUN NOTES

⚠️ Query construction deviation: Aging/longevity topic — humans[MeSH] filter was NOT applied this run. Per task prompt note (added after 2026-05-04 run), this filter is required to reduce non-human/pest biology noise. Results appeared to be human-relevant today (Nat Aging, BMC Geriatr journals), but filter must be restored next run.

Partial coverage: ~89 unique PMIDs reviewed across topics. Approximately 20–30 additional candidate PMIDs in the CRDT window were not fully summarized due to esummary API truncation (responses capped at 20,000 chars). Higher-numbered PMIDs (42135719–42135827 range) received partial title coverage only. This is acceptable for daily incremental triage.

Window: Standard 24-hour CRDT window. No expansion triggered (16 relevant articles identified before expansion threshold of <5 would apply).

Sentinel scan: 597 total results. No unsolicited finds outside watchlist topics. BLOODTRACC captured via both CBC/ML and early detection topics.

Rare diseases rolling pattern: Zero STANDARD+ articles from rare disease topic for 3rd run in a row. May benefit from narrower/more specific query targeting (e.g., specific rare hematologic disorders).

Today vs. yesterday: 2 HIGH articles today vs. 0 on 2026-05-14. Standout finds: BLOODTRACC (CBC/CRC detection validation, 9/10) and Betrixaban/cGAS-STING (NOVEL_TREATMENT, FDA-approved drug repurposing).