Prevalent diabetes and risk of total, colorectal, prostate and breast cancers in an ageing population: meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium by Amadou, A, Freisling, H, Jenab, M, Tsilidis, KK, Trichopoulou, A, Boffetta, P, Van Guelpen, B, Mokoroa, O, Wilsgaard, T, Kee, F, Schöttker, B, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Männistö, S, Söderberg, S, Vermeulen, RCH, Quirós, JR, Liao, LM, Sinha, R, Kuulasmaa, K, Brenner, H, Romieu, I

“…We calculated summary risk estimates across cohorts using pooled analysis and random-effects meta-analysis. Results A total of 667,916 individuals were included with an overall median (P25–P75) age at recruitment of 62.3 (57–67) years. …”

Species persistence in northerly glacial refugia of Europe: a matter of chance or biogeographical traits? by Bhagwat, S, Willis, K

Understanding the mobility chances of children from working-class backgrounds in Britain: how important are cognitive ability and locus of control? by Betthäuser, BA, Bourne, M, Bukodi, E

“…We find that cognitive ability mediates only about 35% of the total parental class effect on educational attainment and only about 20% of the total parental class effect on respondents’ social class position, net of their educational attainment. …”

Reproducibility of peer review in clinical neuroscience. Is agreement between reviewers any greater than would be expected by chance alone? by Rothwell, P, Martyn, C

“…For each conference, analysis of variance of the scores given to abstracts revealed that differences between individual abstracts accounted for only 10-20% of the total variance of the scores. Thus, although recommendations made by reviewers have considerable influence on the fate of both papers submitted to journals and abstracts submitted to conferences, agreement between reviewers in clinical neuroscience was little greater than would be expected by chance alone.…”

Dicing with chance, life and death in systematic reviews and meta-analyses: D.I.C.E. 3, a simulation study by Clarke, M, Halsey, J

“…Objectives: To show the effects of chance on meta-analyses,and the potential dangers of being prompted to do a metaanalysisby one favourable trial. …”

Dicing with chance, life and death in systematic reviews and meta-analyses: D.I.C.E. 3, a simulation study. by Clarke, M, Halsey, J

“…OBJECTIVES: To show the effects of chance on meta-analyses, and the potential dangers of being prompted to do a meta-analysis by one favourable trial. …”

Alcoholic beverage preference and diabetes incidence across Europe: the Consortium on Health and Ageing Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES) project by Sluik, D, Jankovic, N, Hughes, M, O'Doherty, MG, Schöttker, B, Drygas, W, Rolandsson, O, Männistö, S, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Ferrieres, J, Bamia, C, de Gaetano, G, Jong, JC, Franco, OH, Sluijs, I, Spijkerman, AMW, Sans, S, Eriksson, S, Kromhout, D, Trichopoulou, A, Wilsgaard, T, Brenner, H, Kuulasmaa, K, Laatikainen, T, Söderberg, S, Iacoviello, L, Boffetta, P, Kee, F, Feskens, EJM

Quantification of the smoking-associated cancer risk with rate advancement periods: meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium by Ordóñez-Mena, J, Schöttker, B, Mons, U, Jenab, M, Freisling, H, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, O'Doherty, MG, Scott, A, Kee, F, Stricker, B, Hofman, A, de Keyser, C, Ruiter, R, Söderberg, S, Jousilahti, P, Kuulasmaa, K, Freedman, N, Wilsgaard, T, de Groot, L, Kampman, E, Håkansson, N, Orsini, N, Wolk, A, Nilsson, L, Tjønneland, A, Pająk, A, Malyutina, S, Kubínová, R, Tamosiunas, A, Bobak, M, Katsoulis, M, Orfanos, P, Boffetta, P, Trichopoulou, A, Brenner, H

Impact of prediagnostic smoking and smoking cessation on colorectal cancer prognosis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from cohorts within the CHANCES consortium by Mena, JM, Walter, V, Schöttker, B, Jenab, M, O’Doherty, MG, Kee, F, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, Peeters, PHM, Stricker, BH, Ruiter, R, Hofman, A, Söderberg, S, Jousilahti, P, Kuulasmaa, K, Freedman, ND, Wilsgaard, T, Wolk, A, Nilsson, LM, Tjønneland, A, Quirós, JR, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Siersema, PD, Boffetta, P, Trichopoulou, A, Brenner, H

Adherence to the WCRF/AICR Dietary Recommendations for Cancer Prevention and Risk of Cancer in Elderly from Europe and the United States: A Meta-Analysis within the CHANCES Project... by Jankovic, N, Geelen, A, Winkels, R, Mwungura, B, Fedirko, V, Jenab, M, Illner, A, Brenner, H, Ordóñez-Mena, J, Kiefte de Jong, J, Franco, O, Orfanos, P, Trichopoulou, A, Boffetta, P, Agudo, A, Peeters, P, Tjønneland, A, Hallmans, G, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H, Park, Y, Feskens, E, de Groot, L, Kampman, E, Consortium on Health and Ageing: Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES)

10 year patient-reported outcomes following total and minimally invasive unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a propensity score matched cohort analysis by Burn, E, Sanchez, M, Pandit, H, Hamilton, T, Liddle, A, Murray, D, Villanueva, R

“… <h4>Purpose</h4> <p>For patients with medial compartment arthritis who have failed non-operative treatment either a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) can be undertaken. …”

Exploring variation in patient access of post-discharge physiotherapy following total hip and knee arthroplasty under a choice based system in the UK: an observational cohort study by Hamilton, D, Loth, F, Macdonald, D, Macfarlane, G, Beard, D, Simpson, A, Patton, J, Howie, C

“…<br/><br/> <strong>Participants</strong> 1395 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and 1374 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. …”

‘Primary’ factors in intergenerational class mobility in Europe: results from the application of a topological model by Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J

“…We argue for the importance of distinguishing between ‘primary’ factors that explain why inequalities in relative chances of mobility exist in the first place, and ‘secondary’ factors that explain variation in these chances. …”

Drugs for smoking cessation by Hartmann-Boyce, J, Aveyard, P

“…</p><p>When prescribing stop smoking drugs, stress the importance of commitment to total abstinence from the quit day onwards; adding behavioural support increases the chances of success.…”

Particle representations for measure-valued population models by Donnelly, P, Kurtz, T

“…A population process is neutral if the chances of an individual replicating or dying do not depend on its type. …”

Burden of cancer in a large consortium of prospective cohorts in Europe by Tsilidis, K, Papadimitriou, N, Capothanassi, D, Bamia, C, Benetou, V, Jenab, M, Freisling, H, Kee, F, Nelen, A, O'Doherty, M, Scott, A, Soerjomataram, I, Tjønneland, A, May, A, Ramón Quirós, J, Pettersson-Kymmer, U, Brenner, H, Schöttker, B, Ordóñez-Mena, J, Karina Dieffenbach, A, Eriksson, S, Bøgeberg Mathiesen, E, Njølstad, I, Siganos, G, Wilsgaard, T, Boffetta, P, Trichopoulos, D, Trichopoulou, A

“…We calculated DALYs for cancer in middle-aged and older adults participating in the Consortium on Health and Ageing Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES) consortium.A total of 90 199 participants from five European cohorts with 10 455 incident cancers and 4399 deaths were included in this study. …”

The role of surgery in patients with advanced gastric cancer. by McCulloch, P

“…Conventional treatment involves a distal subtotal gastrectomy or total gastrectomy depending on the site of the lesion. …”

Limits on fast radio bursts at 145 MHz with ARTEMIS, a real-time software backend by Karastergiou, A, Chennamangalam, J, Armour, W, Williams, C, Mort, B, Dulwich, F, Salvini, S, Magro, A, Roberts, S, Serylak, M, Doo, A, Bilous, A, Breton, R, Falcke, H, Griessmeier, J, Hessels, J, Keane, E, Kondratiev, V, Kramer, M, van Leeuwen, J, Noutsos, A, Oslowski, S, Sobey, C, Stappers, B, Weltevrede, P

“…We have conducted a 1446 hour survey for Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) at 145 MHz, covering a total of 4193 sq. deg on the sky. We used the UK station of the LOFAR radio telescope – the Rawlings Array – , accompanied for a majority of the time by the LOFAR station at Nançay, observing the same fields at the same frequency. …”

Examining the use of glucose and physical activity self-monitoring technologies in individuals at moderate to high risk of developing type 2 diabetes: Randomized trial by Whelan, M, Orme, M, Kingsnorth, A, Sherar, L, Denton, F, Esliger, D

“…For feasibility, 49% (22/45) of participants completed the study using the minimum number of FreeStyle Libre sensors, and a total of 41 sensors were declared faulty or displaced. …”

Risk factors for Anopheles mosquitoes in rural and urban areas of Blantyre District, southern Malawi. by Mzilahowa, T, Luka-Banda, M, Uzalili, V, Mathanga, D, Campbell, C, Mukaka, M, Gimnig, J

“…</p> <h4>Results</h4> <p>In 2008 and 2010, a total of 960 and 1045 mosquitoes were collected, respectively. …”