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The synopsis was written by Rachel Murphy, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, Glickman Urological Institute/A100, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA desaim1@ccf.org

MM Desai is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Head of the Section of Endourology and Stone Disease, and on the Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Team at the Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.,
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Desai, M. Does tumor location affect renal function after partial nephrectomy?. Nat Rev Urol 4, 656–657 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0945