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Sandeep Arora, MBBS

Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

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Abstract No. 9 ▪ FEATURED ABSTRACT Pivotal Study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation (TULSA) of the Prostate: 4-year Follow-upRaman S, Arora S, Macura K, Oto A, Futterer J, Staruch R, Tirkes T, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Cool D, Nandalur K, Nicolau C, Costa D, Persigehl T, Clarke G, Chin J, Klotz L, Eggener S. Abstract No. 9 ▪ FEATURED ABSTRACT Pivotal Study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation (TULSA) of the Prostate: 4-year Follow-up. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 34: s6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.12.048.
A0964 Four-year follow-up of MRI-guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation (TULSA) in men with localized prostate cancerKlotz L, Chin J, Futterer J, Hatiboglu G, Pavlovich C, Koch M, Penson D, Relle J, Raman S, Lotan Y, Serrallach M, Heidenreich A, Oto A, Sedelaar J, Tirkes T, Arora S, Macura K, Costa D, Pantuck A, Bomers J, Bonekamp D, Persigehl T, Clarke G, Eggener S. A0964 Four-year follow-up of MRI-guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation (TULSA) in men with localized prostate cancer. European Urology 2023, 83: s1381-s1382. DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)01004-7.
Therapeutic US Applications for the Abdomen and Pelvis.Sailer A, Ghanouni P, Schade G, Napoli A, Vidal-Jove J, Raman S, Mendiratta-Lala M, Ghai S, Abreu A, Sundaram K, Westphalen A, Arora S. Therapeutic US Applications for the Abdomen and Pelvis. Radio Graphics 2022, 42: e182-e183. PMID: 36190852, PMCID: PMC9539095, DOI: 10.1148/rg.220044.
Radiologists staunchly support patient safety and autonomy, in opposition to the SCOTUS draft.Andreotti RF, Arleo EK, Arora SS, Broder JC, Brook O, Cooke EA, Davis MA, Dodelzon K, Englander MJ, Fischbein NJ, Fleischer A, Frederick-Dyer K, Gerson RF, Gruen D, Hecht EM, Katzen JT, Kemp J, Kotsenas AL, Ladd LM, Malik A, McGinty G, Meltzer CC, Oliveira A, Phillips C, Porter KK, Rhyner P, Robson C, Shatzkes D, Spalluto LB, Sun M, Tomblinson C, Vincoff NS, Wood MJ, Zigmund B, Glastonbury C, Ivanidze J, Schwartz ES, Woodard PK. Radiologists staunchly support patient safety and autonomy, in opposition to the SCOTUS draft. Clinical Imaging 2022, 89: 95-96. PMID: 35772335, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.05.012.
Radiologists staunchly support patient safety and autonomy, in opposition to the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v WadeKarandikar A, Solberg A, Fung A, Lee AY, Farooq A, Taylor AC, Oliveira A, Narayan A, Senter A, Majid A, Tong A, McGrath AL, Malik A, Brown AL, Roberts A, Fleischer A, Vettiyil B, Zigmund B, Park B, Curran B, Henry C, Jaimes C, Connolly C, Robson C, Meltzer CC, Phillips CH, Dove C, Glastonbury C, Pomeranz C, Kirsch CFE, Burgan CM, Scher C, Tomblinson C, Fuss C, Santillan C, Daye D, Brown DB, Young DJ, Kopans D, Vargas D, Martin D, Thompson D, Jordan DW, Shatzkes D, Sun D, Mastrodicasa D, Smith E, Korngold E, Dibble EH, Arleo EK, Hecht EM, Morris E, Maltin EP, Cooke EA, Schwartz ES, Lehrman E, Sodagari F, Shah F, Doo FX, Rigiroli F, Vilanilam GK, Landinez G, Kim GG, Rahbar H, Choi H, Bandesha H, Ojeda-Fournier H, Ikuta I, Dragojevic I, Schroeder JLT, Ivanidze J, Katzen JT, Chiang J, Nguyen J, Robinson JD, Broder JC, Kemp J, Weaver JS, Conyers JM, Robbins JB, Leschied JR, Wen J, Park J, Mongan J, Perchik J, Barbero JPM, Jacob J, Ledbetter K, Macura KJ, Maturen KE, Frederick-Dyer K, Dodelzon K, Cort K, Kisling K, Babagbemi K, McGill KC, Chang KJ, Feigin K, Winsor KS, Seifert K, Patel K, Porter KK, Foley KM, Patel-Lippmann K, McIntosh LJ, Padilla L, Groner L, Harry LM, Ladd LM, Wang L, Spalluto LB, Mahesh M, Marx MV, Sugi MD, Sammer MBK, Sun M, Barkovich MJ, Miller MJ, Vella M, Davis MA, Englander MJ, Durst M, Oumano M, Wood MJ, McBee MP, Fischbein NJ, Kovalchuk N, Lall N, Eclov N, Madhuripan N, Ariaratnam NS, Vincoff NS, Kothary N, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Brook OR, Glenn OA, Woodard PK, Mazaheri P, Rhyner P, Eby PR, Raghu P, Gerson RF, Patel R, Gutierrez RL, Gebhard R, Andreotti RF, Masum R, Woods R, Mandava S, Harrington SG, Parikh S, Chu S, Arora SS, Meyers SM, Prabhu S, Shams S, Pittman S, Patel SN, Payne S, Hetts SW, Hijaz TA, Chapman T, Loehfelm TW, Juang T, Clark TJ, Potigailo V, Shah V, Planz V, Kalia V, DeMartini W, Dillon WP, Gupta Y, Koethe Y, Hartley-Blossom Z, Wang ZJ, McGinty G, Haramati A, Allen LM, Germaine P. Radiologists staunchly support patient safety and autonomy, in opposition to the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Clinical Imaging 2022, 93: 117-121. PMID: 36064645, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.07.011.
Abstract No. 111 ▪ FEATURED ABSTRACT Pivotal trial of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: three-year follow-upRaman S, Arora S, Macura K, Oto A, Fütterer J, Staruch R, Tirkes T, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Cool D, Nandalur K, Nicolau C, Costa D, Persigehl T, Beserra A, Chin J, Klotz L, Eggener S. Abstract No. 111 ▪ FEATURED ABSTRACT Pivotal trial of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: three-year follow-up. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: s53. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.03.192.
Real-Time MRI-Guided Prostate InterventionsMasoom SN, Sundaram KM, Ghanouni P, Fütterer J, Oto A, Ayyagari R, Sprenkle P, Weinreb J, Arora S. Real-Time MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions. Cancers 2022, 14: 1860. PMID: 35454773, PMCID: PMC9030365, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14081860.
Imaging Features at the Periphery: Hemodynamics, Pathophysiology, and Effect on LI-RADS Categorization.Consul N, Sirlin CB, Chernyak V, Fetzer DT, Masch WR, Arora SS, Do RKG, Marks RM, Fowler KJ, Borhani AA, Elsayes KM. Imaging Features at the Periphery: Hemodynamics, Pathophysiology, and Effect on LI-RADS Categorization. Radio Graphics 2021, 41: 1657-1675. PMID: 34559586, DOI: 10.1148/rg.2021210019.
MP46-03 PIVOTAL TRIAL OF MRI-GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION IN MEN WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UPKlotz L, Pavlovich C, Chin J, Hatiboglu G, Koch M, Penson D, Raman S, Oto A, Fütterer J, Serrallach M, Relle J, Lotan Y, Heidenreich A, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Sedelaar J, Tirkes T, Arora S, Macura K, Costa D, Pantuck A, Bomers J, Clarke G, Staruch R, Eggener S. MP46-03 PIVOTAL TRIAL OF MRI-GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION IN MEN WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP. Journal Of Urology 2021, 206: e814-e814. DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000002067.03.
HCC: role of pre- and post-treatment tumor biology in driving adverse outcomes and rare responses to therapyArora S, Catania R, Borhani A, Horvat N, Fowler K, Harmath C. HCC: role of pre- and post-treatment tumor biology in driving adverse outcomes and rare responses to therapy. Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 3686-3697. PMID: 34195886, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03192-8.
LI-RADS treatment response lexicon: review, refresh and resolve with emerging dataRam R, Kampalath R, Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Arora S, Kielar AZ, Mendiratta-Lala M. LI-RADS treatment response lexicon: review, refresh and resolve with emerging data. Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 3549-3557. PMID: 34106301, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03149-x.
Hepatocellular carcinoma: metastatic pathways and extra-hepatic findingsArora S, Harmath C, Catania R, Mandler A, Fowler KJ, Borhani AA. Hepatocellular carcinoma: metastatic pathways and extra-hepatic findings. Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 3698-3707. PMID: 34091729, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03151-3.
The impact and collateral damage of COVID-19 on prostate MRI and guided biopsy operations: Society of Abdominal Radiology Prostate Cancer Disease-Focused Panel survey analysisSurasi DSS, Wang X, Bathala TK, Hwang H, Arora S, Westphalen AC, Chang SD, Turkbey B. The impact and collateral damage of COVID-19 on prostate MRI and guided biopsy operations: Society of Abdominal Radiology Prostate Cancer Disease-Focused Panel survey analysis. Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 4362-4369. PMID: 33904992, PMCID: PMC8077193, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03087-8.
Role of the radiologist at HCC multidisciplinary conference and use of the LR-TR algorithm for improving workflowShenoy-Bhangle AS, Tsai LL, Masciocchi M, Arora SS, Kielar AZ. Role of the radiologist at HCC multidisciplinary conference and use of the LR-TR algorithm for improving workflow. Abdominal Radiology 2021, 46: 3558-3564. PMID: 33904990, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-021-03094-9.
Diagnostic renal mass biopsy is associated with individual categories of PADUA and RENAL nephrometry scores: Analysis of diagnostic and concordance rates with surgical resectionFonseca RB, Straub Hogan MM, Kapp ME, Cate F, Coogan A, Arora S, Gordetsky J, Smelser WW, Clark PE, Cates J, Giannico GA. Diagnostic renal mass biopsy is associated with individual categories of PADUA and RENAL nephrometry scores: Analysis of diagnostic and concordance rates with surgical resection. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2021, 39: 371.e7-371.e15. PMID: 33773915, PMCID: PMC8205938, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.02.022.
MR-Guided High-Intensity Directional Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate CancerGalgano SJ, Planz VB, Arora S, Rais-Bahrami S. MR-Guided High-Intensity Directional Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer. Current Urology Reports 2021, 22: 3. PMID: 33403460, DOI: 10.1007/s11934-020-01020-y.
Reply by Authors.Klotz L, Pavlovich CP, Chin J, Hatiboglu G, Koch M, Penson D, Raman S, Oto A, Fütterer J, Serrallach M, Relle J, Lotan Y, Heidenreich A, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Tirkes T, Arora S, Macura KJ, Costa DN, Persigehl T, Pantuck AJ, Bomers J, Burtnyk M, Staruch R, Eggener S. Reply by Authors. Journal Of Urology 2020, 205: 779. PMID: 33355501, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000001362.03.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer.Klotz L, Pavlovich CP, Chin J, Hatiboglu G, Koch M, Penson D, Raman S, Oto A, Fütterer J, Serrallach M, Relle J, Lotan Y, Heidenreich A, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Tirkes T, Arora S, Macura KJ, Costa DN, Persigehl T, Pantuck AJ, Bomers J, Burtnyk M, Staruch R, Eggener S. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer. Journal Of Urology 2020, 205: 769-779. PMID: 33021440, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000001362.
Quality Comparison of 3 Tesla multiparametric MRI of the prostate using a flexible surface receiver coil versus conventional surface coil plus endorectal coil setupUllrich T, Kohli M, Ohliger M, Magudia K, Arora S, Barrett T, Bittencourt L, Margolis D, Schimmöller L, Turkbey B, Westphalen A. Quality Comparison of 3 Tesla multiparametric MRI of the prostate using a flexible surface receiver coil versus conventional surface coil plus endorectal coil setup. Abdominal Radiology 2020, 45: 4260-4270. PMID: 32696213, PMCID: PMC7716937, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02641-0.
883 Pivotal trial of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: Two-year follow-upKlotz L, Chin J, Hatiboglu G, Koch M, Penson D, Pavlovich C, Raman S, Oto A, Fütterer J, Relle J, Lotan Y, Heidenreich A, Serrallach M, Haider M, Bonekamp D, Tirkes T, Arora S, Pantuck A, Zagaja G, Sedelaar M, Macura K, Costa D, Persigehl T, Eggener S. 883 Pivotal trial of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: Two-year follow-up. European Urology Open Science 2020, 19: e1338-e1339. DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33481-9.
Variability of the Positive Predictive Value of PI-RADS for Prostate MRI across 26 Centers: Experience of the Society of Abdominal Radiology Prostate Cancer Disease-focused PanelWestphalen AC, McCulloch CE, Anaokar JM, Arora S, Barashi NS, Barentsz JO, Bathala TK, Bittencourt LK, Booker MT, Braxton VG, Carroll PR, Casalino DD, Chang SD, Coakley FV, Dhatt R, Eberhardt SC, Foster BR, Froemming AT, Fütterer JJ, Ganeshan DM, Gertner MR, Mankowski Gettle L, Ghai S, Gupta RT, Hahn ME, Houshyar R, Kim C, Kim CK, Lall C, Margolis DJA, McRae SE, Oto A, Parsons RB, Patel NU, Pinto PA, Polascik TJ, Spilseth B, Starcevich JB, Tammisetti VS, Taneja SS, Turkbey B, Verma S, Ward JF, Warlick CA, Weinberger AR, Yu J, Zagoria RJ, Rosenkrantz AB. Variability of the Positive Predictive Value of PI-RADS for Prostate MRI across 26 Centers: Experience of the Society of Abdominal Radiology Prostate Cancer Disease-focused Panel. Radiology 2020, 296: 76-84. PMID: 32315265, PMCID: PMC7373346, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020190646.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation of Localized Prostate Cancer: Preliminary Experience from a Single Center in a Prospective, Multi-Center, Single-Arm Clinical TrialSundaram KM, Staruch R, Burtnyk M, Lane JS, Penson DF, Arora SS. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation of Localized Prostate Cancer: Preliminary Experience from a Single Center in a Prospective, Multi-Center, Single-Arm Clinical Trial. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: 740-746.e4. PMID: 32307311, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.802.
PD17-02 PIVOTAL TRIAL OF MRI-GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION IN MEN WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UPEggener* S, Koch M, Penson D, Pavlovich C, Chin J, Lotan Y, Raman S, Hatiboglu G, Oto A, Relle J, Fütterer J, Serrallach M, Heidenreich A, Haider M, Bonekamp D, Tirkes T, Arora S, Pantuck A, Zagaja G, Sedelaar M, Macura K, Costa D, Persigehl T, Purysko A, Klotz L. PD17-02 PIVOTAL TRIAL OF MRI-GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION IN MEN WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UP. Journal Of Urology 2020, 203 DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000000860.02.
3:45 PM Abstract No. 341 Pivotal study of magnetic resonance imaging–guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: 12-month clinical and imaging outcomesRaman S, Futterer J, Oto A, Arora S, Tirkes T, Macura K, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Cool D, Nandalur K, Nicolau C, Costa D, Persigehl T, Purysko A, Staruch R, Burtnyk M, Chin J, Klotz L, Eggener S. 3:45 PM Abstract No. 341 Pivotal study of magnetic resonance imaging–guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: 12-month clinical and imaging outcomes. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: s154-s155. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.398.
MRI of the Male Pelvic Floor.Lakhoo J, Khatri G, Elsayed RF, Chernyak V, Olpin J, Steiner A, Tammisetti VS, Sundaram KM, Arora SS. MRI of the Male Pelvic Floor. Radio Graphics 2019, 39: 2003-2022. PMID: 31697623, DOI: 10.1148/rg.2019190064.
An update for LI‐RADS: Version 2018. Why so soon after version 2017?Kielar AZ, Chernyak V, Bashir MR, K. R, Fowler KJ, Santillan C, Sirlin CB, Mitchell DG, Cerny M, Tang A, Elsayes KM, Kamaya A, Kono Y, Arora SS. An update for LI‐RADS: Version 2018. Why so soon after version 2017? Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2019, 50: 1990-1991. PMID: 30864185, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26715.
472 Pivotal study of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: Preliminary resultsKlotz L, Hatiboglu G, Fütterer J, Persigehl T, Serrallach M, Koch M, Pavlovich C, Lotan Y, Raman S, Relle J, Zagaja G, Haider M, Arora S, Staruch R, Burtnyk M, Costa D, Oto A, Tirkes T, Sedelaar J, Bonekamp D, Heidenreich A, Penson D, Chin J, Eggener S. 472 Pivotal study of MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation in men with localized prostate cancer: Preliminary results. European Urology Open Science 2019, 18: e620-e621. DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(19)30459-2.
White paper of the Society of Abdominal Radiology hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis disease-focused panel on LI-RADS v2018 for CT and MRIElsayes KM, Kielar AZ, Elmohr MM, Chernyak V, Masch WR, Furlan A, Marks RM, Cruite I, Fowler KJ, Tang A, Bashir MR, Hecht EM, Kamaya A, Jambhekar K, Kamath A, Arora S, Bijan B, Ash R, Kassam Z, Chaudhry H, McGahan JP, Yacoub JH, McInnes M, Fung AW, Shanbhogue K, Lee J, Deshmukh S, Horvat N, Mitchell DG, Do RKG, Surabhi VR, Szklaruk J, Sirlin CB. White paper of the Society of Abdominal Radiology hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis disease-focused panel on LI-RADS v2018 for CT and MRI. Abdominal Radiology 2018, 43: 2625-2642. PMID: 30155697, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-018-1744-4.
LBA20 MRI-GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION (TULSA) IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF TACT PIVOTAL STUDYKlotz L, Penson D, Chin J, Pavlovich C, Relle J, Koch M, Hatiboglu G, Oto A, Futterer J, Raman S, Lotan Y, Persigehl T, Heidenreich A, Suarez J, Staruch R, Burtnyk M, Pantuck A, Sedelaar J, Arora S, Zagaja G, Tirkes T, Macura K, Bonekamp D, Haider M, Eggener S. LBA20 MRI-GUIDED TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND ABLATION (TULSA) IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF TACT PIVOTAL STUDY. Journal Of Urology 2018, 199: e1077-e1078. DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2018.03.091.
Therapeutic Ultrasound and Prostate CancerSundaram KM, Chang SS, Penson DF, Arora S. Therapeutic Ultrasound and Prostate Cancer. Seminars In Interventional Radiology 2017, 34: 187-200. PMID: 28579687, PMCID: PMC5453783, DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602710.
Multisite, multivendor validation of the accuracy and reproducibility of proton‐density fat‐fraction quantification at 1.5T and 3T using a fat–water phantomHernando D, Sharma SD, Ghasabeh M, Alvis BD, Arora SS, Hamilton G, Pan L, Shaffer JM, Sofue K, Szeverenyi NM, Welch EB, Yuan Q, Bashir MR, Kamel IR, Rice MJ, Sirlin CB, Yokoo T, Reeder SB. Multisite, multivendor validation of the accuracy and reproducibility of proton‐density fat‐fraction quantification at 1.5T and 3T using a fat–water phantom. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2016, 77: 1516-1524. PMID: 27080068, PMCID: PMC4835219, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26228.
Magnetic resonance-ultrasound fusion prostate biopsy in the diagnosis of prostate cancerTyson MD, Arora SS, Scarpato KR, Barocas D. Magnetic resonance-ultrasound fusion prostate biopsy in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2016, 34: 326-332. PMID: 27083114, PMCID: PMC4912896, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.03.005.
Difficult biopsy and drainage: just say yesFrederick-Dyer K, Ahmad A, Arora SS, Wile G. Difficult biopsy and drainage: just say yes. Abdominal Radiology 2016, 41: 706-719. PMID: 26916352, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-016-0666-2.
Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression in Carotid Arteries: Monitoring with High-Spatial-Resolution MR Imaging—Multicenter TrialBoussel L, Arora S, Rapp J, Rutt B, Huston J, Parker D, Yuan C, Bassiouny H, Saloner D, Investigators F. Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression in Carotid Arteries: Monitoring with High-Spatial-Resolution MR Imaging—Multicenter Trial. Radiology 2009, 252: 789-96. PMID: 19508991, PMCID: PMC2734890, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2523081798.

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Conditions	Study Title
Other Male Genital; Prostate	Customized Ablation of the Prostate With the TULSA Procedure Against Radical Prostatectomy Treatment: a Randomized Controlled Trial for Localized Prostate Cancer (CAPTAIN)

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