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Fri · 26 Jun 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-06-26

Window: 2026-06-25T09:00:00Z → 2026-06-26T09:00:00Z (CRDT)
Topics scanned: 9 | Articles reviewed: ~75 candidates across all topics | Candidates evaluated: 26 scored
High priority: 4 | Standard: 16 | Low/archive: 6 | Unsolicited finds: 0
Run status: ⚠️ PARTIAL_SUCCESS (T1/T3/T4/T6 result sets exceeded fetch budget; T9 rare diseases = 0 results)


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

Novel therapeutics: immunotherapy, CAR-T, targeted therapy

pub-2026-06-26-001 · PMID 42350643 · Neoadjuvant SBRT + durvalumab + oleclumab in ER+HER2- breast cancer (Neo-CheckRay) · 9/10 🟠
Nat Med randomized phase 2 (n=147): in PD-L1-negative tumors, iSBRT + dual ICI (anti-PD-L1 + anti-CD73) raised pCR from 3.4% → 30%, converting immune-cold tumors to inflamed via TME reprogramming — first RCT evidence of this mechanism.

Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

pub-2026-06-26-002 · PMID 42348190 · DAPHNe trial: 5yr outcomes + ultrasensitive ctDNA in HER2+ BC · 8/10 🔴
JAMA Oncol: 5-yr EFS 99%, distant RFI 100% for abbreviated 12-wk THP; ctDNA cleared in 96.1% post-NAC — strong support for ctDNA-guided de-escalation in early HER2+ BC.

AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging

pub-2026-06-26-003 · PMID 42350713 · Deep learning MRI radiomics reveals biological subtypes in rectal cancer · 8/10 🟢
NPJ Precis Oncol: multicenter (n=2060, 4 cohorts, external validation), DL subtypes mapped to immune phenotypes by scRNA-seq; RRS+clinical AUC 0.834 vs 0.780 in external validation — biologically grounded, near-term implementable.

Aging, longevity, and population health

pub-2026-06-26-004 · PMID 42348807 · Alpha-synuclein CSF SAA in autopsy-confirmed incidental Lewy body disease · 8/10 🔴
Neurology: CSF aSyn RT-QuIC achieves 75.8% sensitivity for prodromal ILBD at Stage I-II (olfactory bulb only), vs only 35% for skin/SMG — first evidence for CSF-based presymptomatic PD detection before motor onset.


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

T1 · Hematologic Malignancies

T2 · CBC-based Diagnostics + ML

T3 · Early Cancer Detection

T4 · AI/ML in Clinical Diagnostics

T5 · Precision Oncology

T6 · Novel Therapeutics

(Best: 42350643 — see HIGH section above)

T7 · Cardiovascular-Metabolic

T8 · Aging, Longevity, Population Health

(Best: 42348807 — see HIGH section above)

T9 · Rare Diseases

No high-priority finds today. T9 returned 0 results in the 24-hour CRDT window.


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

None identified in this run. Sentinel scan articles overlapped substantially with watchlist topics.


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

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

Topic Reviewed Kept (scored) High Best Score
T1 Hematologic malignancies 10 3 0 7
T2 CBC/ML hematology 1 1 0 6
T3 Early cancer detection 10 3 1 8
T4 AI/ML diagnostics 12 3 1 8
T5 Precision oncology 10 3 0 7
T6 Novel therapeutics 12 1+2 cross 1 9
T7 Cardiovascular-metabolic 15 4 0 7
T8 Aging/longevity 12 3 1 8
T9 Rare diseases 0 0 0

By source type: peer_reviewed 26 | preprint 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run: T1 (best: 7), T2 (best: 6), T5 (best: 7), T6 (best: 9 via Neo-CheckRay), T7 (best: 7)
(Note: T6 produced the run's top-scoring article at 9/10)


🔧 RUN NOTES