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Mon · 1 Jun 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-06-01

Window: 2026-05-31 09:00 UTC → 2026-06-01 09:00 UTC (CRDT) Topics scanned: 10 | Candidates evaluated: ~75 | Articles classified: 14 High priority: 4 | Standard: 10 | Low/archive: ~61 | Unsolicited finds: 1 (classified) Run status: ✅ SUCCESS


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

Novel therapeutics: immunotherapy, CAR-T, targeted therapy

TR-2026-06-01-001 / PMID 42218899 · Ivonescimab plus chemotherapy versus tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced squamous NSCLC (HARMONi-6): interim OS analysis · 9/10 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT

Lancet | Phase 3 RCT (n=532) | HR for death 0.66 (0.50–0.87); p=0.0017; mOS 27.9 vs 23.7 months — first Phase 3 OS confirmation for the PD-1+VEGF bispecific class in first-line squamous NSCLC.

Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk

TR-2026-06-01-002 / PMID 42219271 · The Impact of GLP-1-Based Therapies on CV Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: NMA · 8/10 🟢 NEAR_TERM_IMPLEMENTABLE

Diabetes Obes Metab | SR + NMA, 15 RCTs (n=97,173) | Class-level all-cause mortality, CV mortality, and MACE benefit confirmed; semaglutide, efpeglenatide, albiglutide had most favorable MACE profiles at agent level.

AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging

Aging, longevity, and population health

TR-2026-06-01-003 / PMID 42218715 · StackAge: an ensemble-based clock for precise quantification of biological age using multi-omics data · 8/10 🟢 NEAR_TERM_IMPLEMENTABLE

Brief Bioinform | UK Biobank cohort (n=30,376) | Ensemble proteomics+metabolomics aging clock: r=0.93 with chronological age; AUC >0.90 for T2DM, Alzheimer's, CKD prediction; modifiable lifestyle accelerators identified.

TR-2026-06-01-004 / PMID 42218728 · Liver Aging Index: A Noninvasive Score for Liver Biological Aging and Liver-Related Outcomes in Multicohorts · 8/10 🔴 EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION

Aging Cell | Multi-cohort (CKB n=21,629 + NHANES n=3,412 + VCTE-Prognosis n=12,170; 16 global centers) | LAI outperforms chronological age for mortality (AUROC 0.76); genetically accelerated liver aging → liver cancer HR 7.82, cirrhosis HR 3.94.


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

Hematologic malignancies (AML, MDS, CLL, MPN, lymphoma)

Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk

Aging, longevity, and population health

Rare diseases with high unmet need


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

TR-2026-06-01-010 / PMID 42219534 · Chronic Opioid Use and Risk of Infections and Death in IBD: Nationwide Cohort · 6/10 🟡 UNDERSERVED_POPULATION

Inflamm Bowel Dis | Denmark nationwide cohort (n=51,844; 23 years) | COU → HR 1.74–1.93 for death and infection in CD and UC regardless of opioid strength; warrants prescriber vigilance.

(Pancreatic cancer weight loss meta-analysis, TR-008, also flagged unsolicited_find = true — captured via sentinel scan and matched to T3 watchlist)


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

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

Topic Reviewed Kept (H+S) Best score
Hematologic malignancies 8 2 6
CBC/ML 0 0
Early cancer detection 2 1 6
AI/ML clinical 10 2 8
Precision oncology 10 1 6
Immunotherapy/CAR-T 10 2 9
Cardiovascular-metabolic 10 4 8
Aging/longevity 9 4 8
Rare diseases 4 2 5
Sentinel 10 1 6

By source type: peer_reviewed 14 | preprint 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run: Hematologic malignancies, CBC/ML, Early cancer detection, Precision oncology, Rare diseases


🔧 RUN NOTES