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Fri · 1 May 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-05-01

Window: 2026-04-30T09:00:00Z → 2026-05-01T09:00:00Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 10 (9 watchlist + 1 sentinel) | Articles reviewed: ~95 candidates across topics | Unique articles evaluated: 12 High priority: 2 | Standard: 7 | Low/archive: 3 | Unsolicited finds: 2 Run status: SUCCESS


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

Early Cancer Detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

TR-2026-05-01-001 · PMID 42062528 · Preoperative ctDNA and tumor volume predict colorectal cancer recurrence after metastasis resection · 9/10 🔴

NPJ Precision Oncology, GALAXY trial, N=229. Preoperative ctDNA-to-tumor-volume integrated model stratified CRC metastasectomy patients into high/low PFS risk groups (liver: 11.4 vs 24 mo; lung: 12 mo vs not reached), outperforming either marker alone — directly actionable for perioperative surveillance decision-making.

Cardiovascular-metabolic / AI-ML Diagnostics

TR-2026-05-01-002 · PMID 42062622 · Data-driven prioritization of high-risk individuals for weight loss interventions · 10/10 🟢

Nature Medicine, N≈200,000. OBSCORE ML framework (20 features selected from thousands) predicts 18 obesity-related complications over 10 years; validated in multi-ancestry cohorts and SURMOUNT-1 tirzepatide trial participants — provides an immediately deployable evidence-based framework for GLP-1/tirzepatide treatment prioritization beyond BMI.


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

Hematologic Malignancies (AML, MDS, CLL, MPN, Lymphoma)

Early Cancer Detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

Precision Oncology & Genomic Medicine

Aging, Longevity, and Population Health

Rare Diseases with High Unmet Need

CBC-Based Diagnostics and ML in Hematology

No high-priority finds today (best candidate scored 3/10) — 8th consecutive sparse window for this topic.

Novel Therapeutics (Immunotherapy, CAR-T, Targeted)

No high-priority finds today (best candidate 4/10). High result volume (158 raw hits) but top results were mechanistic/review; no phase 3 or first-in-human CAR-T/immunotherapy findings in window.


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

High-signal out-of-watchlist items:


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

By watchlist topic — reviewed / kept / highest score:

Topic Reviewed Kept Highest Score
Hematologic malignancies 10 3 5
CBC/ML hematology 10 0 3
Liquid biopsy / ctDNA 10 2 9
AI/ML diagnostics 10 1 10
Precision oncology 10 2 5
Novel therapeutics 10 0 4
Cardiovascular-metabolic (GLP-1/SGLT2) 10 1 10
Aging/longevity 10 1 5
Rare diseases 10 2 7
Sentinel scan 10 0 4

By source type: peer_reviewed 12 | preprint 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run:


🔧 RUN NOTES