Medical Research Trends

This week's highest-impact publications across 29 specialties, curated by AI

Last updated: May 22, 2026

Oncology5 articles

Impact 2

Baseline FDG PET/CT-Defined Axillary Burden Predicts Axillary Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Therapy in Breast Cancer.

Published: 2026-06-01

Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine

MediLens Indexed: 2026-05-23

This study investigates predictors of axillary pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy in clinically node-positive breast cancer. In a retrospective cohort of 115 patients, the rate of axillary pCR was 51.3%. The models developed showed good discrimination with AUC v...

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Impact 3

Fulvestrant versus capecitabine as maintenance therapy in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer after first-line chemotherapy (FAMILY): a multicenter, open-label, randomized, phase 3 trial.

Published: 2026-05-22

Signal transduction and targeted therapy

MediLens Indexed: 2026-05-23

This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of fulvestrant versus capecitabine as maintenance therapy in hormone receptor-positive, HER-2 negative metastatic breast cancer patients after first-line chemotherapy. The trial involved 210 patients and found that fulvestrant significantly improved me...

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Impact 3

Aptamer Nanoswitch-Mediated Lock-Expose Mechanism Enables Highly Sensitive In Vitro Detection and Precise In Situ Membrane Imaging of HER2 Protein.

Published: 2026-05-22

ACS sensors

MediLens Indexed: 2026-05-23

This study presents a novel HER2-specific aptamer nanoswitch for the sensitive detection of HER2 expression in breast cancer. The sensor demonstrated a linear detection range from 10 fg/mL to 10 ng/mL and a limit of detection of 1.42 fg/mL. It successfully distinguished between healthy individual...

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Impact 3

Wash-Free Digital Detection of Tumor Extracellular Vesicles via Plasmonic Droplet Microfluidics.

Published: 2026-05-22

ACS sensors

MediLens Indexed: 2026-05-23

PlasDroplex is a novel wash-free digital plasmonic assay designed for the early detection of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in cancer diagnostics. This method allows for the detection of EVs without the need for washing or multistep labeling, utilizing a coencapsulation of plasma with...

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Impact 3

Urine-Based Noninvasive Detection of Prostate Cancer Using Human Olfactory Receptor-Embedded Nanodiscs.

Published: 2026-05-22

ACS sensors

MediLens Indexed: 2026-05-23

This study presents a novel urine-based diagnostic platform for prostate cancer that utilizes a sensor array embedded with human olfactory receptors, combined with fluorescence sensing and machine learning. The platform aims to improve specificity in diagnosing prostate cancer, addressing the lim...

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