The use of kidneys with small renal tumors for transplantation: who is taking the risk?

The ever-increasing disparity between the number of organs available for transplant and the need for organs drives further exploration into the use of compromised or marginal donors. There is now an emerging advocacy for the use of kidneys with existing tumors, which may be rendered tumor free after surgical excision and reconstruction. This practice is based on reliable data that renal cancers