Biomarkers in medicine

01 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2749632

Circulating extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of cardiac fibrosis: promise, pitfalls, and the path to clinical validation

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Tomoko Kikawa, Nao Nishida-Aoki, Akihiko Okamura et al.

02 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2747978

Development and validation of a multibiomarker model for 12-month adverse outcomes in acute heart failure

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YuLin Liu, KeKe Ding, Bing Zhao et al.

1. Acute heart failure (AHF) involves new or rapidly worsening heart failure (HF) symptoms and signs and imposes a substantial healthcare burden [1]. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, pa...

03 1 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2740175

Association of CBC-derived systemic inflammation markers with first-episode peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis

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Fang Gao, Lulu Fan, Hongyu Xiang et al.

04 1 October 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2738766

Modified CONUT score integrating C-reactive protein improves prognostic prediction in non-small cell lung cancer

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Xiang-Ting Dai, Xiu-Xiu Li, Xi Zhang et al.

1. Lung cancer stands as the primary cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, claiming roughly 1.8 million lives in 2020 [1]. Most patients with NSCLC, a group of histological subtypes of lung ...

05 28 September 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2739532

Clarifying the incremental value and implementation boundaries of combined pct and IL-6 in sepsis risk stratification

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Qi Yu, Guo-Ming Zhang

1. We read with interest the study by Xia et al. which evaluated the early prognostic value of combined procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in patients with sepsis [1]. This topic is clini...

06 25 September 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2738633

Serum 14-3-3 eta levels in relation to attack status and amyloidosis in patients with Familial Mediterranean fever

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Ayla Avcu, Derya Yıldırım, Ibrahim Vasi et al.

07 2 September 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2736041

Progress of GDF-15 in preeclampsia: a review

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Mengjie Zhou, Dongyao Zhang, Haoyi Jia et al.

1. Preeclampsia is a common hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, characterized by the onset of elevated blood pressure (systolic BP >140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP >90 mmHg) after 20 weeks of gestatio...

08 2 September 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2737283

Parameters predicting mortality in antifibrotic-treated IPF patients: mMRC, CPI, TLCO, FVC, GAP

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Sevda Aras, Gülistan Karadeniz, Fatma Demirci Üçsular et al.

09 2 September 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2737284

Prognostic value of dynamic changes in C‑reactive protein‑albumin ratio for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

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Jia Li, Guo-Min Xie, Yan Mao et al.

1. Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a life-threatening neurological event that represents approximately 15% of all stroke types and is characterized by substantial mortality and disabi...

10 2 September 2026

DOI 10.1080/17520363.2026.2737285

Variation in EGFR testing for patients with stage IB or higher lung cancer in the United States

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Bilal Odeh, Alexander Pohlman, Kathy S. Albain et al.

1. It is estimated that there will be 226,000 new cases of lung cancer in 2025, the majority of which are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) [1]. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutations s...