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. 2025 Sep;19(9):E341-E343.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.8842.

Case series - Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer in pregnancy

Braden Millan  1 , Katherine Steckham  2 , Meghan Elizabeth Ough Vlasschaert  2   3 , David Hogarth  4 , Geoffrey Gotto  4
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Case series - Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer in pregnancy

Braden Millan et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2025 Sep.
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COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors do not report any competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

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Figure 1
Preoperative staging non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging of all three patients (labeling per Table 1).
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Figure 2
Postoperative/postpartum changes in in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for all three patients (labeling per Table 1).
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