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Fri · 19 Jun 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-06-19

Window: 2026-06-18T09:00Z → 2026-06-19T09:00Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 9 | Articles reviewed: ~114 candidates | Kept: 12 High priority: 2 | Standard: 10 | Low/archive: 0 | Unsolicited finds: 0 Run status: ⚠️ PARTIAL_SUCCESS (T9 rare diseases + sentinel scan summaries not fetched)


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

T5/T6 — Precision Oncology & Novel Therapeutics

TR-2026-06-19-001 / PMID 42314664 · Targeting TROP2 in drug-tolerant persister cells delays EGFR TKI resistance in NSCLC · 8/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT

Cancer Cell paper demonstrating TROP2 upregulation in EGFR TKI drug-tolerant persister cells in NSCLC, with TROP2-directed targeting delaying acquired resistance — provides mechanistic rationale for TROP2 ADC + EGFR TKI combination trials immediately.

TR-2026-06-19-002 / PMID 42315499 · Spatially interpretable AI framework for neoadjuvant dual HER2 blockade in HER2+ breast cancer · 8/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT

Signal Transduct Target Ther (IF ~40) study of spatially interpretable AI predicting pCR to neoadjuvant HER2 blockade — addresses a validated unmet clinical need in HER2+ breast cancer with near-term implementability.

T1 — Hematologic Malignancies

T1: No high-priority finds today (best candidate scored 6/10 — CAR-T disparities)

T2 — CBC/ML Hematology

T2: No high-priority finds today (best 6/10 via fallback — MC-80 digital morphology validation)

T3 — Early Cancer Detection

T3: No high-priority finds today (best 5/10 — UTUC liquid biopsy review)

T4 — AI/ML Diagnostics

T4: Best HIGH article was PMID 42315499 (shared with T5/T6); best T4-exclusive was 7/10 LLM AI agent for PET/CT

T7 — Cardiovascular-Metabolic

T7: No high-priority finds today (best 7/10 — ESG meta-analysis n=8,880)

T8 — Aging/Longevity

T8: No high-priority finds today (best 5/10 — physical activity in older HIV patients SR)

T9 — Rare Diseases

T9: ⚠️ UNREVIEWED — 38 results found, summaries not fetched this run. Priority check next run.


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

T1 — Hematologic Malignancies

T2 — CBC/ML Hematology

T3 — Early Cancer Detection

T4 — AI/ML Diagnostics

T7 — Cardiovascular-Metabolic

T8 — Aging/Longevity


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

None today (sentinel scan IDs retrieved but summaries not reviewed — coverage gap logged).


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

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

Topic Raw Results Reviewed Kept Best Score
T1 Hematologic 81 14 4 6
T2 CBC/ML 0+1 fallback 1 1 6
T3 Liquid biopsy 23 7 1 5
T4 AI/ML Diagnostics 123 6 3 8
T5 Precision Oncology 107 8 2 8
T6 Novel Therapeutics 90 9 3 8
T7 Cardiometabolic 283 7 1 7
T8 Aging 23 6 1 5
T9 Rare Diseases 38 ⚠️ 0 0
Sentinel 1055 ⚠️ 0 0

By source type: peer_reviewed: 12 | preprint: 0

Topics with ZERO 8+ articles this run: T1, T2, T3, T7, T8, T9 (T9 unreviewed)

Topics with HIGH (8+) articles: T4 (1), T5 (1), T6 (2) — note T5/T6 overlap means 2 unique HIGH articles


🔧 RUN NOTES

  1. T9 UNREVIEWED (coverage gap): T9 rare disease search returned 38 results and top 20 IDs were retrieved but esummary batch not fetched. Top IDs for priority check next run: 42315977, 42315827, 42315747, 42315278, 42315270. This is a PARTIAL_SUCCESS designation driver.

  2. Sentinel scan IDs retrieved but not reviewed: 1,055 results; top 10 IDs logged (42312823, 42312825, 42312728, 42312044, 42313755, 42315646, 42313091, 42315354, 42311049, 42311388). IDs 42312823/42312825 appeared in T3.

  3. T2 zero-signal in 24h window (day 1 of new streak): Primary T2 query returned 0 results for 2026-06-18:2026-06-19 window. Fallback (extended to 2026-06-17) found PMID 42309506 (CRDT 2026-06-17). This article was already in the T2 fallback window covered by prior run, but not previously flagged. Zero-signal streak tracking reset; watch streak counter carefully over next 3 days.

  4. T1 zero-HIGH streak: Day 2. Best T1 article today was 6/10 (CAR-T disparities). T1 has not produced a score-8+ article in 2 consecutive days.

  5. T7 zero-HIGH streak: Day 2. Largest T7 dataset (283 results) but dominated by diabetes/metabolic noise; best was 7/10 meta-analysis.

  6. T8 zero-HIGH streak: Day 2. humans[MeSH] filter applied per instruction; 23 results, best 5/10.

  7. T4 HIGH streak broken: T4 produced its first HIGH article (PMID 42315499 — shared with T5/T6) after 2-day zero-HIGH streak.

  8. T3 continues zero-HIGH streak (Day 5+): No T3-specific HIGH articles in 5+ days; batch dominated by Cureus case reports and Front Oncol reviews. Consider query refinement for T3.

  9. Deferred PMID 42310469 resolved: Wound healing/oregano polymer coating (Int Wound J) — discarded, zero watchlist relevance.

  10. Truncation in multiple esummary batches: T1 (14/20 IDs unreviewed), T4/T5/T6 (partial coverage). Top IDs in these truncated batches may contain additional STANDARD articles.