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Tue · 16 Jun 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-06-16

Window: 2026-06-15T09:00Z → 2026-06-16T09:00Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 10 | Articles reviewed: ~90 candidates | Formally classified: 22 High priority: 3 | Standard: 16 | Low/archive: 3 | Unsolicited finds: 2 Run status: ✅ SUCCESS


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

🩸 Hematologic Malignancies

TR-2026-06-16-002 / PMID 42297916 · Prognostic and therapeutic implications of BRAF mutations in acute myeloid leukemia · 8/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT

First systematic multi-institutional characterization of BRAF mutations in AML — Leukemia journal — directly identifies a targetable molecular vulnerability using BRAF/MEK inhibitors in a disease with critically limited precision therapy options.

TR-2026-06-16-003 / PMID 42297808 · Liposomal mitoxantrone plus tislelizumab in R/R extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: phase 1b/2 trial · 8/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT

Phase 1b/2 trial in Nature Communications — novel combination chemotherapy + PD-1 inhibitor for ENKTL, one of the most aggressive and rare lymphomas with very few second-line options.

🧬 Early Cancer Detection (Liquid Biopsy / ctDNA / cfDNA)

TR-2026-06-16-001 / PMID 42294888 · Tumor-derived cell-free DNA detected in cerebrospinal fluid enables minimally invasive profiling of pediatric brain tumors · 9/10 · 🔴 EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION

Clinical Trial in Journal of Clinical Investigation — CSF cfDNA enables minimally invasive real-time molecular profiling of pediatric brain tumors, replacing/complementing repeat surgical biopsies in one of the most treatment-refractory childhood cancer categories.

💉 Novel Therapeutics

Best from this topic is PMID 42297808 (shared with Hematologic Malignancies above, 8/10).

🤖 AI/ML in Diagnostics

No 8+ articles today. Best candidate scored 6/10 (PMID 42298142 — multi-modal AI for ovarian cancer staging).

🎯 Precision Oncology

No 8+ articles today. Best candidate scored 7/10 (PMID 42298098 — ENLIGHT AI immunotherapy predictor longitudinal validation).

❤️ Cardiovascular-Metabolic

No high-priority finds today (zero-HIGH streak: day 5). Best candidate scored 6/10 (PMID 42297539 — modifiable CVD risk factors + ACS-free survival, multicenter cohort).

🧓 Aging / Longevity

No high-priority finds today (zero-HIGH streak: day 6). Best candidate scored 5/10 (PMID 42297772 — p16INK4a/senescence-autophagy in pulmonary fibrosis, likely preclinical).

🦠 Rare Diseases

No 8+ articles today. Best candidates scored 6/10 (PMID 42297642 — pediatric monomorphic PTLD national study; PMID 42297703 — rare disease + ML implications, Lancet Digit Health).

🔬 CBC / ML in Hematology

Zero relevant candidates again. 9 raw articles reviewed — none matched CBC-specific diagnostic ML criteria.


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

🩸 Hematologic Malignancies

🧬 Early Cancer Detection

🤖 AI/ML in Diagnostics

🎯 Precision Oncology

💉 Novel Therapeutics

❤️ Cardiovascular-Metabolic

🧓 Aging / Longevity

🦠 Rare Diseases


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

By watchlist topic (reviewed / kept ≥5 / highest score):

Topic Raw Reviewed Kept Best Score
Hematologic malignancies 106 10 4 8/10 ✅
CBC / ML hematology 9 9 0 N/A ❌ streak
Liquid biopsy / ctDNA 22 10 3 9/10 ✅
AI/ML diagnostics 185 10 3 6/10
Precision oncology 216 10 4 7/10
Novel therapeutics 206 10 4 8/10 ✅
Cardiovascular-metabolic 280 10 2 6/10 ❌ streak 5d
Aging / longevity 68 10 2 5/10 ❌ streak 6d
Rare diseases 18 10 3 6/10
Sentinel 1440 10 2 7/10

By source type: peer_reviewed: 22 | preprint: 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles today: AI/ML diagnostics, Precision oncology, Cardiovascular-metabolic, Aging/longevity, Rare diseases, CBC/ML hematology


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