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Akakura K, Uemura H, Kawakami S, Yokomizo A, Nakamura M, Nishimura K, Komori T, Ledesma DA. Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients' experience with Radium-223 treatment in Japan. Future Oncol 2024; 20:781-798. [PMID: 38275149 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2023-0870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Aim: We aimed to determine Japanese metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients' Ra-223 treatment experience. Patients & methods: Patients answered the Cancer Therapy Satisfaction Questionnaire (CTSQ domains: Satisfaction with Therapy [SWT], Expectations of Therapy [ET], Feelings about Side Effects [FSE]), the Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC) and the FACT-Bone Pain (FACT-BP) Questionnaire at baseline, during (vists 3 and 5) and after treatment (end of observation; EOO). Results: Data from 72 patients were included. Baseline median CTSQ scores SWT: 66.1 (IQR19.7), ET: 75.0 (IQR45), and FSE 68.8 (IQR 34.4) were unchanged during vists 3 and 5, but the SWT (-3.57 [IQR17.9]) and ET (-5.0 [IQR30]) decreased while FSE was unchanged (0.0 [IQR31.25]) at EOO. The median MAX-PC (18.0 [IQR 49]) score was unchanged (0.0, IQR 6) while the median FACT BP (54.0 [IQR13]) score decreased by -1.0 (IQR 8) at EOO. Conclusion: Japanese metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients' experience is stable during Ra-223 treatment.
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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van der Doelen MJ, Oving IM, Wyndaele DNJ, van Basten JP, Terheggen F, van de Luijtgaarden ACM, Oyen WJG, van Schelven WD, van den Berkmortel F, Mehra N, Janssen MJR, Prins JB, Gerritsen WR, Custers JAE, van Oort IM. Health-related quality of life, psychological distress, and fatigue in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with radium-223 therapy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2023; 26:142-150. [PMID: 35804188 PMCID: PMC10023564 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-022-00569-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Radium-223 is a registered treatment option for symptomatic bone metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Aim of this multicenter, prospective observational cohort study was to evaluate health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), psychological distress and fatigue in mCRPC patients treated with radium-223. METHODS Primary endpoint was cancer-specific and bone metastases-related HR-QoL, as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 and BM-22 questionnaires. Secondary endpoints were psychological distress and fatigue, evaluated by the HADS and CIS-Fatigue questionnaires. Outcomes were analyzed for the total cohort and between subgroups (1-3 versus 4-5 versus 6 radium-223 injections). A trajectory analysis was performed to explore HR-QoL patterns over time. RESULTS In total, 122 patients were included for analysis. Baseline HR-QoL, pain intensity, psychological distress and fatigue were worse in patients who did not complete radium-223 therapy. In patients who completed therapy, stabilization of HR-QoL was perceived and psychological distress and fatigue remained stable, whereas clinically meaningful and statistically significant deterioration of HR-QoL, psychological distress and fatigue over time was observed in patients who discontinued radium-223 therapy. Trajectory analysis revealed that HR-QoL deterioration over time was more likely in patients with baseline opioid use, low hemoglobin and high alkaline phosphatase levels. CONCLUSIONS Patients who discontinued radium-223 therapy showed worse HR-QoL, psychological distress and fatigue at baseline and more frequent deterioration of HR-QoL, psychological distress and fatigue over time when compared to patients who completed therapy. Specific attention with regard to HR-QoL during follow-up is indicated in patients with opioid use, low hemoglobin and high alkaline phosphatase levels before radium-223 therapy initiation. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04995614.
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- Maarten J van der Doelen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente, Almelo, Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Bravis Hospital, Roosendaal, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis and Reinier Haga Prostate Cancer Center, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Integrated analysis of pain, health-related quality of life, and analgesic use in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated with Radium-223. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2021; 25:248-255. [PMID: 34446849 PMCID: PMC9184275 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-021-00412-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background Radium-223 (Ra-223), an alpha-emitting radiopharmaceutical, established an improved overall survival and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. However, effects on pain were not specifically evaluated. Here we assess integrated HRQoL, pain, and opioid use in a contemporary, more extensively pretreated, symptomatic and asymptomatic mCRPC population. Methods mCRPC patients scheduled for Ra-223 treatment were included and analyzed for HRQoL, pain, and opioid use, using Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) and Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF) questionnaires and recording of opioid use and dosage, respectively. Primary outcome measure was the percentage of patients experiencing a complete pain response (score of 0 on the BPI-SF Worst pain item and no increase in daily use of analgesics). A complete or partial pain response (better BPI-SF score and decrease in opioid use) and a better or no change in HRQoL was evaluated as an integrated overall clinical response (IOCR). Secondary endpoints included the time to pain progression (TPP) and Total FACT-P deterioration (TTFD), defined as time from first Ra-223 treatment to clinical meaningful increase in BPI-SF Worst pain item score and Total FACT-P score, respectively. Results This registry included 300 patients, of whom 105 (35%) were evaluable for FACT-P and BPI-SF during Ra-223 treatment. Forty-five (43%) patients had pain at baseline (PAB) (BPI-SF Worst pain score 5–10 points) and 60 (57%) had no pain at baseline (no-PAB) (BPI-SF Worst pain score 0–4 points). Complete pain response was achieved in 31.4% of the patients, while 58% had an IOCR. The median TTP and TTFD were 5.6 and 5.7 months, respectively, while the difference between PAB and no-PAB patients was not significant. Conclusions In contemporary, extensively pretreated mCRPC patients, Ra-223 treatment induced complete pain responses while integrated analysis of HRQoL, pain response, and opioid use demonstrated that the majority of patients derive clinical benefit.
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Frantellizzi V, Monari F, Mascia M, Costa R, Rubini G, Spanu A, Farcomeni A, Lodi Rizzini E, Cindolo L, Murabito A, Lavelli V, Nuvoli S, Cosma L, Dionisi V, Nappi AG, Andreola M, De Vincentis G. A National Multicenter Study on overall survival in elderly metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with Radium-223. Aging Clin Exp Res 2021; 33:651-658. [PMID: 32358729 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-020-01573-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Radium-223 prolongs overall survival (OS) and delays time to the first symptomatic skeletal events in patients with symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). There is a lack of evidence on the safety and efficacy of Radium-223 treatment in the very elderly population. AIMS Aim of this multicentre study is to analyze mCRPC patients treated with Radium-223 in terms of OS and to assess whether there are differences between young and elderly, as well as to verify efficacy and safety in patients ≥ 75 years of age. METHODS 430 mCRPC patients of six Italian Centres were analyzed in this multicenter retrospective study. At baseline and after each cycle were collected clinical and diagnostic patients' parameters. The whole cohort was divided into two groups based on the age of the patients (< 75 years old and ≥ 75 years old). RESULTS 47% of the patients were < 75 years old and 53% were ≥ 75 years old. The primary outcome, OS, does not show significant differences between the two subgroups if other basal parameters are considered. Considering clinical covariates in univariate models (p < 0.05) several clinical aspects have an impact on OS, except for age (p = 0.072). Age continues to have no significant impact on the OS (p = 0.274) even in multivariate models in the two groups. The toxic effects are similar in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS Radium-223 prolongs survival in both younger and older patients at the same baseline condition and is a good option in the symptomatic mCRPC setting compared to other agents.
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Frantellizzi V, Monari F, Mascia M, Costa R, Rubini G, Spanu A, Farcomeni A, Lodi Rizzini E, Cindolo L, Licari M, Lavelli V, Nuvoli S, Ricci M, Dionisi V, Nappi AG, De Vincentis G. Overall survival in mCPRC patients treated with Radium-223 in association with bone health agents: a national multicenter study. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 96:1608-1613. [PMID: 33074066 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1838655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Radium-223 has demonstrated efficacy in improving overall survival (OS) and in delaying symptomatic skeletal-related events (SREs). Bone Health Agents (BHA), i.e. RANK ligand inhibitor (Denosumab) and bisphosphonate such as zoledronic acid, are indicated to prevent SREs without a clear survival benefit. SREs on patient health have a high impact and it is, therefore, important to consider the role of new therapies with BHA to better understand the involvement of combination therapy. The primary aim of this multicentric study is to assess OS in mCRPC patients treated with Radium-223 in combination with BHA. MATERIALS AND METHODS 430 consecutive patients treated with Radium-223 alone or in combination with BHA, affected by mCRPC, from January 2015 to July 2019 in six Italian Nuclear Medicine Units, were included. Furthermore, data were collected at baseline, after every Radium-223 administration, and during follow-up, at 3 and 6 months and 1 year after the 6th cycle. Clinical data have been evaluated before starting treatment with Radium-223 and at the end of treatment and/or at progression. Patients who received target bone therapy with BHA before Radium-223 treatment together with patients who did not receive this therapy at all (NO BHA GROUP), were compared to patients treated with concomitant Radium-223 and BHA (BHA GROUP). RESULTS In univariate models (p < .05) several clinical aspects have an impact on OS: concomitant BHA (p = .018), BMI (p .001), ECOG PS (p = .000), Baseline Hb (p = .000), Baseline PSA (p = .000), Baseline tALP (p = .000), Baseline LDH (p = .000), and Baseline neutrophils (p = .009). Baseline Hb, Baseline tALP, and Baseline LDH have been confirmed as statistically significant parameters in multivariate models. Indeed, concomitant BHA has not a significant impact on OS (p = .244) in multivariate models. CONCLUSIONS At univariate analysis, our data showed that NO BHA GROUP and BHA GROUP differ in OS by 7 months (95%CI: (1-16.4), p = .02). This is not confirmed at multivariate analysis where after adjusting for other baseline factors, BHA is not significant anymore. This is clearly explained as bias by indication: patients with the same levels of tALP, Hb, and LDH receiving or not receiving BHA are expected to have a similar survival. Our results support and confirm the role of Radium-223 therapy on OS and, furthermore, appear to confirm that BHA treatment has not a survival benefit.
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- Radiation Oncology Center, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Economics & Finance, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Urology, "Villa Stuart" Private Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Anatomical Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Center, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Anatomical Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Sraieb M, Hirmas N, Conrad R, Marinova M, Essler M, Herrmann K, Ahmadzadehfar H. Assessing the quality of life of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases receiving [223Ra]RaCl2 therapy. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e22287. [PMID: 32957385 PMCID: PMC7505355 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000022287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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[Ra]RaCl2 dichloride treatment in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is associated with improved overall survival (OS) and a delay in the time to the first symptomatic skeletal-related event. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of patients with mCRPC receiving [Ra]RaCl2 treatment using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) validated questionnaire form.Thirty patients with mCRPC were included in this study. The patients were administered the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) questionnaire at 5 time points: before [Ra]RaCl2 treatment, after the first cycle, after the third cycle, after the fifth cycle, and at the end of the treatment.Median age at diagnosis was 65.2 years (range, 49.1-75.5). There was a significant 25% drop in the median alkaline phosphatase levels: 101 U/L (range, 58-594) vs. 75 U/L (39-649) before and during treatment, respectively (P = .003). The median dose of [Ra]RaCl2 for all patients was 4.1 MBq (range, 3.35-6.55), and the majority of patients received 5 treatment cycles (range 3-6). Seventeen patients were alive at the end of treatment (56.7%). The median OS was 26 months (range, 19.8-32.2). All of the patients filled out the questionnaires at the first 3 time points; the fourth survey included 28 patients, and only 23 patients completed the fifth questionnaire. Compared to the baseline, only the scale "role functioning" showed a temporary worsening after the first therapy cycle (P = .03). In subsequent cycles, its mean value rose to initial levels. All other functional and symptom scales, as well as global health status, remained constant over all 5 time points and showed no significant changes (P > .05).[Ra]RaCl2 therapy does not adversely impair the health-related QoL of patients with mCRPC and bone metastasis. Only patients' role functioning worsened temporarily after the first therapy cycle but stabilized in subsequent treatment cycles.
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- Miriam Sraieb
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen
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Scintigraphic load of bone disease evaluated by DASciS software as a survival predictor in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients candidates to 223RaCl treatment. Radiol Oncol 2019; 54:40-47. [PMID: 31855572 PMCID: PMC7087429 DOI: 10.2478/raon-2019-0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Aim of our study was to assess the load of bone disease at starting and during Ra-223 treatment as an overall survival (OS) predictor in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. Bone scan index (BSI) is defined as the percentage of total amount of bone metastasis on whole-body scintigraphic images. We present a specific software (DASciS) developed by an engineering team of “Sapienza” University of Rome for BSI calculation. Patients and methods 127 mCRPC patients bone scan images were processed with DASciS software, and BSI was tested as OS predictor. Results 546 bone scans were analyzed revealing that the extension of disease is a predictor of OS (0–3% = 28 months of median survival (MoMS]; 3%–5% = 11 MoMS, > 5% = 5 MoMS). BSI has been analyzed as a single parameter for OS, determining an 88% AUC. Moreover, the composition between the BSI and the 3-PS (3-variable prognostic score) determines a remarkable improvement of the AUC (91%), defining these two parameters as the best OS predictors. Conclusions This study suggests that OS is inversely correlated with the load of bone disease in mCRPC Ra-223-treated subjects. DASciS software appears a promising tool in identifying mCRPC patients that more likely take advantage from Ra-223 treatment. BSI is proposed as a predictive variable for OS and included to a multidimensional clinical evaluation permits to approach the patients’ enrollment in a rational way, allowing to enhance the treatment effectiveness together with cost optimization.
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