The real unmet need: A multifactorial approach for identifying sensitized kidney candidates with low access to transplant.
Angela Q MaldonadoKeighly BradbrookKristoffer SjöholmChristian KjellmanJoshua LeeDarren StewartPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2023)
In total, this suggests approximately 4100 sensitized candidates are on the waiting list who represent a community of disadvantaged patients who may benefit from progressive therapies and interventions to facilitate incompatible transplantation. Though associated with higher risks, such interventions may nevertheless be more attractive than remaining on dialysis with the associated accumulation of mortality risk over time.