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Wed · 19 Aug 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-08-19

Window: 2026-08-18T00:00:00Z → 2026-08-19T23:59:59Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 10 | Articles reviewed: ~110 candidate PMIDs fetched across topics | Candidates evaluated: 23 retained High priority: 7 | Standard: 12 | Low/archive: 4 | Unsolicited finds: 0 Run status: PARTIAL_SUCCESS


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

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

42613033 · Danburstotug, an anti-PD-L1 antibody, in R/R extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: The phase 2 DISTINKT study · 9/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT → Phase 2 open-label trial (n=23) in R/R ENKTL achieves ORR 78.9%, CR 63.2%, 2-year OS 77.9%—remarkable efficacy in a disease with very limited salvage options; PD-L1 membrane specificity shows biomarker potential.

42613183 · Sequential MRD + KIT variant status in pediatric CBF-AML (Taiwan Pediatric Oncology Group multicenter) · 8/10 · ⬜ NONE → 112-child multicenter study defines actionable sequential MRD log-reduction thresholds combined with KIT D816 variant to stratify risk and guide treatment intensity in pediatric CBF-AML.

42612729 · HCT for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: ASTCT clinical practice guidelines · 8/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT → First ASTCT society-level HCT guidelines for BPDCN (GRADE methodology, 17 experts): allo-HCT in CR1, myeloablative conditioning + TBI for fit patients, routine post-HCT intrathecal CNS prophylaxis.

AI/ML in Clinical Diagnostics and Imaging

42612835 · Multimodal AI system for risk-adapted cancer survivorship surveillance: multicenter target trial emulation (n=2,148, 5 centers) · 8/10 · 🟢 NEAR_TERM_IMPLEMENTABLE → Transformer AI integrating MRI + RT dose maps achieves AUC 0.991/0.986 for predicting individualized failure timing in NPC, enabling >90% reduction in surveillance visits for failure-free patients.

Precision Oncology and Genomic Medicine

42612796 · Therapeutic targeting of RAS-mediated resistance in oncogene-driven lung cancer (Ann Oncol, n=590) · 9/10 · 🟠 NOVEL_TREATMENT → RAS alterations drive ~10% of resistance to EGFR/ALK/MET/ROS1/RET inhibitors; combinatorial osimertinib + zoldonrasib (KRAS G12D) or daraxonrasib (pan-RAS) shows marked preclinical synergy, providing clinical trial rationale.

Cardiovascular-Metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, Cardiometabolic Risk

42612754 · GLP-1 receptor agonists and risk of diabetic retinopathy in T2DM: systematic review + network meta-analysis of RCTs · 8/10 · 🟢 NEAR_TERM_IMPLEMENTABLE → NMA of GLP-1RA RCTs quantifies comparative diabetic retinopathy risk across agents, directly addressing a clinically important safety signal affecting millions of GLP-1RA-treated patients.

Early Cancer Detection (Liquid Biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

42612958 · Lung cancer risk in cardiac CT patients: identification of a new high-risk population for lung cancer screening (Stanford, n=17,232) · 7/10 · 🔴 EARLY_CANCER_DETECTION → Most cardiac CT recipients who subsequently developed lung cancer did NOT meet USPSTF LCS criteria, identifying this readily accessible population as a major underserved screening opportunity.

Topics with Zero 8+ Articles This Run


🟢⚪ STANDARD (5–7) — Top by Topic

Hematologic Malignancies

CBC-based Diagnostics / ML in Hematology

Early Cancer Detection

AI/ML in Clinical Diagnostics

Precision Oncology

Cardiovascular-Metabolic

Aging / Longevity


💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

None identified this run. All high-signal articles matched active watchlist topics.


📊 TODAY'S BREAKDOWN

By research category:

By evidence maturity:

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

Topic Reviewed Kept (≥5) High (≥8) Best Score
Hematologic malignancies 15/15 5 3 9 (42613033)
CBC-based diagnostics + ML 1/1 1 0 5 (42613184)
Early cancer detection 14/15 5 1 7 (42612958)
AI/ML diagnostics & imaging 15/15 4 1 8 (42612835)
Precision oncology 8/15 ⚠️ 3 1 9 (42612796)
Novel therapeutics 13/15 ⚠️ 2 2 (shared) 9 (42613033)
Cardiovascular-metabolic 15/15 2 1 8 (42612754)
Aging / longevity 11/15 ⚠️ 3 0 6 (42613076)
Rare diseases 5/12 ⚠️ 0 0 4
Sentinel 5/10 ⚠️ 0 0 3

By source type: peer_reviewed: 23 | preprint: 0

Topics with zero 8+ articles this run: CBC-based diagnostics + ML, Aging/longevity, Rare diseases (all with partial/full coverage)


🔧 RUN NOTES

Partial coverage (PARTIAL_SUCCESS):

False positives noted:

Notable title-only article:

Data quality notes:

This is attempt 2 of 3. Missing candidate coverage should improve in attempt 2.