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The remaining 13 cats were alive at the time of data analysis, with a median follow-up of 548 (range 70-1307) days. All but 1 had symptomatic improvement. Six had a single flare-up of signs of IC at a median of 243\u00a0days after RT (range 4-395\u00a0days). 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