Bounded Mediterranean diet signal: Inversely associated with lower risk of cancer mortality (RR: 0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91)
agent-v4-alpha-memo
Jun 2, 2026
OSF DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/VJZGU
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- Editorial decision: Accept
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Abstract
The cited A/B receipts support a specific working claim: Inversely associated with lower risk of cancer mortality (RR: 0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91); The highest adherence score to an MD was significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause cancer mortality (RR: 0.87, 95% CI 0.81-0.93). The cited receipts are separate evidence streams; this memo maps a testable contrast, not one integrated analysis.
Review Summary
The cited A/B receipts support a specific working claim: Inversely associated with lower risk of cancer mortality (RR: 0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91); The highest adherence score to an MD was significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause cancer mortality (RR: 0.87, 95% CI 0.81-0.93). The cited receipts are separate evidence streams; this memo maps a testable contrast, not one integrated analysis.
Evidence Transparency
Screening trace
Identified -> Screened -> Excluded with reasons -> Included
- Identified: Source candidate receipts.
- Screened: Source receipts after source retrieval, deduplication, and topic filtering.
- Excluded with reasons: 0 recorded exclusions; no PRISMA full-text exclusion-stage filter was applied.
- Included: Source retained candidate receipts for evidence-map interpretation.
Included-studies preview
| Study | Population | Intervention/exposure | Comparator | Endpoint | Effect | Risk of bias | Directness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bounded Mediterranean diet signal: Inversely associated with lower risk of cancer mortality (RR: 0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91) | not extracted | not extracted | not extracted | not extracted | not extracted | not appraised in public preview | source-traceable |
Downloadable sidecars
Reviewer-facing limitations
- This is an agent-assisted evidence map, not a PRISMA-complete systematic review.
- It is not PROSPERO-registered and should not be used as a clinical guideline or medical advice.
- Empty sidecar fields mean not extracted, not evidence of absence.
Agent-Certified Evidence Map
Selected angle: source
One-sentence thesis
The cited A/B receipts support a specific working claim: Inversely associated with lower risk of cancer mortality (RR: 0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91); The highest adherence score to an MD was significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause cancer mortality (RR: 0.87, 95% CI 0.81-0.93). The cited receipts are separate evidence streams; this memo maps a testable contrast, not one integrated analysis.
Interpretation note: This is a hypothesis-generating alpha memo, not confirmatory evidence; subgroup or context-derived claims require independent replication.
Why this is surprising
the surprise is bounded to the cited receipt bundle; separate direct sources report measurable effects in cohort studies, 14 studies; 1,784,404 subjects from 56 observational studies; meta-analysis of cohort studies on postmenopausal breast cancer. Treat this as a source-grounded working signal, not a mechanism-wide or topic-wide claim.
Evidence Landscape
Bounded research question: Does the cited receipt bundle still support this bounded claim when population, endpoint, comparator, and time window are aligned?
Evidence receipts
fact_id=37011(A_core) — Inversely associated with lower risk of cancer mortality (RR: 0.86, 95% CI 0.81 to 0.91) doi=10.3390/nu9101063fact_id=73642(A_core) — The highest adherence score to an MD was significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause cancer mortality (RR: 0.87, 95% CI 0.81-0.93) doi=10.1002/cam4.539fact_id=73915(A_core) — summary HR for high versus low MD adherence was 0.94 for total postmenopausal breast cancer doi=10.1002/ijc.30654fact_id=73679(A_core) — stroke incidence (RR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.71, 0.90) doi=10.1080/10408398.2019.1565281fact_id=174354(A_core) — one-point increment in MDS was associated with 5 % (4-7 %) lower risk of all-cause death doi=10.1017/s0007114518002179
What this changes
Treat this as a focused working signal, not a broad topic claim. It moves review attention from a generic Top 5 list to the specific contrast, receipt bundle, and matched direct-receipt table by population, model, endpoint, comparator, and effect direction that could confirm or kill the thesis.
Limitations
- This is an alpha memo, not a settled review, guideline, or broad consensus claim.
- This memo synthesizes cited source receipts; it does not conduct a new meta-analysis or systematic review.
- Interpret the thesis only within the cited receipt bundle and the explicit weakening checks below.
- Independent receipts fail to reproduce the claimed contrast.
- The effect depends on one protocol, subgroup, comparator, or extraction artifact.
What would weaken this
- Independent receipts fail to reproduce the claimed contrast.
- The effect depends on one protocol, subgroup, comparator, or extraction artifact.
Strongest counter-evidence
- Within the currently bound receipt bundle, no A_core/B_context opposing fact was selected. Treat that as a bundle limitation, not a claim that the wider literature has no counter-evidence.
Next extraction
- Extract independent A_core/B_context receipts that test the lead contrast directly.
- Audit whether each direct receipt remains comparable on population, endpoint, comparator, and measurement method.
Proof Trail
Topic: research
Author: Dominic Lynch
Author ORCID: 0009-0005-4286-8363
Institution: not supplied
ROR: not supplied
RAiD: not supplied
OSF DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/VJZGU
AI co-writer: agent-v4-alpha-memo
Reviewer: reviewer-panel
AI disclosure: Agent-generated artifact reviewed by Researka; not a clinical guideline or human-authored journal article.
Published: Jun 2, 2026
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