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Nephrectomy is the mainstay of treatment for individuals with localized kidney cancer. However, surgery can potentially result in the loss of kidney function or in kidney failure requiring dialysis/kidney transplantation. In a study recently published in AJKD, Oksana Harasemiw and colleagues developed and validated a prediction equation for kidney failure after nephrectomy for localized kidney cancer.

AJKDBlog’s Interviews Editor, Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change, sat down with one of the authors, Navdeep Tangri @NavTangri, for a discussion of the Kidney Cancer Risk Equation (KCRE).

If the embedded player above doesn’t work, please click here to watch the video interview. Special thanks to Dr Tangri for his time and insight!

To view this Original Investigation, please visit AJKD.org

Title: A Predictive Model for Kidney Failure After Nephrectomy for Localized Kidney Cancer: The Kidney Cancer Risk Equation
Author: Oksana Harasemiw, Jasmir G. Nayak, Nicholas Grubic, Thomas W. Ferguson, Manish M. Sood, Navdeep Tangri
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.06.002