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# Alpha memo: selenium cancer prevention vitamin endpoint split

**One-sentence alpha:** Receipt 1 reports The null result was surprising given the strong preclinical and clinical evidence suggesting chemopreventive activity of selenium; Receipt 2 reports Its purpose was to assess the role of selenium and vitamin E in prostate cancer prevention, but SELECT found no decline in prostate cancer, so t…