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Wed · 21 Oct 2026

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📅 PUBMED DAILY TRIAGE — 2026-10-21 Window: 2026-10-20T09:23:08Z → 2026-10-21T09:17:54Z (CRDT) Topics scanned: 10 | Articles reviewed: 113 | Candidates evaluated: 119 High priority: 10 | Standard: 31 | Low/archive: 0 | Unsolicited finds: 1 Run status: SUCCESS

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

Hematologic malignancies (AML, MDS, CLL, MPN, lymphoma)

Hematologic malignancies (AML, MDS, CLL, MPN, lymphoma): No high-priority finds today (best candidate scored 5/10).

CBC-based diagnostics and machine learning in hematology

42898234 · Development and validation of a model using routine clinical features to improve diabetes diagnosis. · 8/10 · Machine-learning models can improve the detection of individuals who would need OGTT assessment to diagnose diabetes using standard nonfasting laboratory values and vital signs with and without FPG.

Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA): No high-priority finds today (best candidate scored 7/10).

AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging

42901865 · An artificial intelligence model combining MRI and ultrasound images (MRUSuNet) for prostate cancer detection outperforms radiologist MRI interpretation. · 8/10 · Our findings demonstrate the potential of combining MRI and TRUS in a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model to improve localisation of clinically significant prostate cancer on TRUS images relative to single-modality models. 42900999 · Deep learning algorithms for predicting intraoperative hypotension: A systematic review and meta-analysis. · 8/10 · Meta-regression identified DL architecture as the only significant moderator of specificity (P = 0.02), with hybrid CNN-RNN exceeding pure CNN (beta = 1.77, 95% CI 0.45-3.09). 42898234 · Development and validation of a model using routine clinical features to improve diabetes diagnosis. · 8/10 · Machine-learning models can improve the detection of individuals who would need OGTT assessment to diagnose diabetes using standard nonfasting laboratory values and vital signs with and without FPG.

Precision oncology and genomic medicine

Precision oncology and genomic medicine: No high-priority finds today (best candidate scored 7/10).

Novel therapeutics: immunotherapy, CAR-T, targeted therapy

42901403 · Prognostic Stratification of Adjuvant Immunotherapy After Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy and Quality Surgery in LA-ESCC. · 8/10 · Among LA-ESCC patients receiving NCIT and high-quality surgery, adjuvant immunotherapy significantly improves 3-year DFS in the non-MPR/ypN+ subgroup, with no significant benefit in other subgroups. 42898627 · Efficacy of immune-oncology combinations versus sunitinib in patients with bone metastases from renal cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis of phase III trials with long-term follow-up. · 8/10 · These findings suggest that treatment strategy may influence outcomes in this high-risk subgroup.

Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk

42901472 · Exploring heterogeneous treatment effects for GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes. · 8/10 · Individual responses to treatment can vary substantially, and identifying the factors that drive TEH may enable increased personalization of treatment and follow-up. 42901463 · Late-pregnancy maternal serum alkaline phosphatase levels and risk of early postpartum cardiometabolic disease: A municipality-wide electronic health record-based cohort study in Tianjin, China. · 8/10 · Lower gestational age-standardized maternal ALP levels before delivery were associated with a higher risk of early postpartum cardiometabolic disease. 42901185 · The effect of food taxes in the UK on health and economic outcomes, and equity: a modelling study. · 8/10 · Of the three policies modelled, the Sugar and Salt tax generated the greatest gains and reduced health inequalities. 42898729 · Normal-weight obesity and adverse health outcomes in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. · 8/10 · Among women with normal BMI, excess adiposity is associated with a less favorable cardiometabolic phenotype, most consistently metabolic syndrome and selected lipid measures. 42898234 · Development and validation of a model using routine clinical features to improve diabetes diagnosis. · 8/10 · Machine-learning models can improve the detection of individuals who would need OGTT assessment to diagnose diabetes using standard nonfasting laboratory values and vital signs with and without FPG.

Aging, longevity, and population health

42897358 · Construction and validation of a predictive model for sleep disorders among rural older adults with mild cognitive impairment. · 8/10 · The nomogram demonstrated good discrimination (AUC = 0.759, 95%CI: 0.731-0.778) and calibration, with internal validation confirming robustness.

Rare diseases with high unmet need

Rare diseases with high unmet need: No high-priority finds today (best candidate scored 7/10).

🟢⚪ STANDARD (4–7) — Top by Topic

Hematologic malignancies (AML, MDS, CLL, MPN, lymphoma)

42901277 · Beta-2 adrenergic receptor in CD8+ T cells inhibits GVHD through transcriptional modulation of differentiation and exhaustion. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42898331 · Minibeam radiation therapy supports CAR T therapy in a rat model of CNS lymphoma. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42898112 · Dual impact of EZH1/2-targeted therapy in HTLV-1-associated inflammation: Direct and indirect mechanisms. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42899106 · Clinically suspected central nervous system Richter transformation presenting with progressive psychiatric symptoms: A case report. · 4/10 · Diagnostics

CBC-based diagnostics and machine learning in hematology

42897525 · A risk assessment model for gestational diabetes mellitus integrating maternal demographics and hematological indices in Thai women. · 7/10 · Diagnostics

Early cancer detection (liquid biopsy, ctDNA, cfDNA)

42899482 · Tumour Antigen-Specific Antibody Signatures as Diagnostic Biomarkers for Melanoma. · 7/10 · Early Detection 42899477 · Impact of Opt-Out Versus Opt-In Recruitment on Engagement of FDNY WTC-Exposed Responders in a Tobacco Cessation Intervention. · 7/10 · Prevention 42899410 · Effects of private health insurance coverage gains on colorectal cancer outcomes: a modeling study. · 7/10 · Public Health 42899602 · Prevention Before Therapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: The Clinical, Economic, and Human Case for Weighting Resources Upstream. · 6/10 · Prevention 42901462 · Lung cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and practices among primary care providers in Georgia, USA: A survey analysis. · 5/10 · Early Detection

AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging

42900554 · Synthetic MRI from radiotherapy planning CT images for Head-and-Neck Cancer. · 7/10 · Diagnostics 42898801 · From validation to public health impact: implementing equitable AI-enabled diabetic retinopathy screening. · 7/10 · Public Health 42901441 · Machine learning of connectome-wide functional connectivity in spinal muscular atrophy. · 6/10 · Diagnostics 42900768 · Immune-related DNA methylation signatures, age prediction, and cross-tissue assessment via biologically informed neural networks. · 6/10 · Diagnostics 42898633 · Feasibility of a Deep-Learning Model for Objective Visualization-Quality Assessment During Cholangioscopy-Guided Lithotripsy: A Proof-of-Concept Study. · 6/10 · Diagnostics

Precision oncology and genomic medicine

42900460 · Multimodal Combination Treatment in a Patient-Centered Approach is Associated with Improved Outcome in Relapsed/Refractory Sarcomas in Children: A Comparative Single-Institution Real-World Analysis. · 7/10 · Genomics/Precision Medicine 42900500 · Site-Specific Outcomes and Genomics in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. · 6/10 · Genomics/Precision Medicine 42900155 · Genomic and immune profiling characterizes immune heterogeneity and a TIGIT-associated subtype in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. · 6/10 · Genomics/Precision Medicine 42897296 · Rare prostate cancer histologies: detection, characteristics and treatment. · 6/10 · Genomics/Precision Medicine 42898997 · Endometrial cancer molecular classification: research advances and clinical application. · 5/10 · Genomics/Precision Medicine

Novel therapeutics: immunotherapy, CAR-T, targeted therapy

42900017 · Tumor-Associated Mast Cells Drive Immunosuppression and Resistance to Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Through CCL17/CCR4-mediated Regulatory T-Cell Recruitment. · 6/10 · Treatment Innovation 42901436 · UBL3 Modification Reduces Nuclear POLE Levels to Potentiate Antitumor Immunity in Aero-upper Digestive Squamous Cell Carcinomas. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42898639 · Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-inspired nanotherapeutics chaperoning granzyme B for tumor immune remodeling. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42898331 · Minibeam radiation therapy supports CAR T therapy in a rat model of CNS lymphoma. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42898112 · Dual impact of EZH1/2-targeted therapy in HTLV-1-associated inflammation: Direct and indirect mechanisms. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation

Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk

42897525 · A risk assessment model for gestational diabetes mellitus integrating maternal demographics and hematological indices in Thai women. · 7/10 · Diagnostics 42898103 · The circulating lipidome in severe obesity. · 6/10 · Genomics/Precision Medicine 42898736 · Endocrine determinants of MASLD: mechanisms and therapeutic targets. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation 42898214 · Determinants of variable response to GLP-1 receptor agonists: A mechanism-informed framework for precision treatment of obesity. · 5/10 · Treatment Innovation

Aging, longevity, and population health

42898801 · From validation to public health impact: implementing equitable AI-enabled diabetic retinopathy screening. · 7/10 · Public Health 42900768 · Immune-related DNA methylation signatures, age prediction, and cross-tissue assessment via biologically informed neural networks. · 6/10 · Diagnostics 42898949 · Assessment of nutrition, quality of life, and co-morbidity among the older adult(s), in a rural field practice area of a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India. · 6/10 · Public Health 42900397 · Methylmalonic Acid in Skeletal Aging and Osteoporosis: Linking Vitamin B12 Metabolism to Mitochondrial Dysfunction. · 5/10 · Prevention

Rare diseases with high unmet need

42897645 · Research engagement of rare disease patient advocacy groups in Poland: between participation and constrained co-production. · 7/10 · Public Health 42897577 · Medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding renal pelvic cancer. · 5/10 · Public Health

Sentinel

42898903 · Prediction Models for Delayed Bleeding After Colorectal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal. · 7/10 · Diagnostics 42898633 · Feasibility of a Deep-Learning Model for Objective Visualization-Quality Assessment During Cholangioscopy-Guided Lithotripsy: A Proof-of-Concept Study. · 6/10 · Diagnostics

💡 UNSOLICITED FINDS

42898903 · Prediction Models for Delayed Bleeding After Colorectal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal. · 7/10 · This systematic review identified five predictive models for delayed bleeding after colorectal ESD.

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