The researcher and nephrologist from the Cancer Institute, Dr. Verônica Torres, received the award at the Best of ASCO 2022 event.

On the same occasion of the Best of ASCO 2022 — Brazil Edition, the winner of the fourth edition of the Renata Thormann Procianoy Prize was announced. The winner was the researcher and nephrologist from ICESP — São Paulo State Cancer Institute, Dr. Verônica Torres Costa e Silva, principal investigator of a study on aspects related to renal treatment care in cancer patients.

Dr. Verônica Torres, who unfortunately cannot attend the event due to health reasons, was represented by the oncologist Prof. Dr. Gilberto Castro, physician and head of the head, neck and chest cancer group at ICESP Clinical Oncology and one of the co-authors of the study, who received the prize from the research patient Iramara Fluminhan and the President of the Cura Project Institute, Fernanda Schwyter.

About the research

The prospective study evaluates the performance of the 2021 CKD-EPI equation without racial coefficient in adults with solid tumors. Dr. Verônica Torres, lead author of the research, summarizes it as “the study on aspects related to renal treatment care in cancer patients” and is the best Brazilian poster presented during ASCO 2022. In addition to those already mentioned, the research also included the participation of Dr. Maria Del Pilar Estevez Diz and other researchers from ICESP.

The results of the study show that the coefficient associated with race must be removed from the equations to assess the estimated glomerular filtration rate, which represents an advance and must be incorporated into cancer treatment, the authors conclude.

For a better understanding of the research and with an explanatory approach for the general public, the Cura Project Institute, mediated by its President, Fernanda Schwyter, held a live on June 21 on Cura's Instagram profile (http://www.instagram.com/projetocura), with the participation of the award winner and lead author, Dr. Verônica Torres, together with co-author Dr. Gilberto Castro. The live show was also attended by Dr. Luis Fernando Correia, doctor and CURA ambassador. Check out the video recording hereto!

About the prize

Designed by the Cura Project Institute, the Renata Thormann Procianoy award was launched in 2019 and aims to make society aware of the benefits of research, valuing and encouraging medical researchers. In its previous editions, Dr. Thiago Bueno, Dr. Fernando Maluf and Dr. Luciana Landeiro were winners.

The story behind the creation of the award is about “a story of love and pain”, as the President of the Cura Project Institute, Fernanda Schwyter, always stresses when describing this significant trophy for the Institute. It pays homage to the story of the young Renata Thormann Procianoy, who dedicated two years of her life to helping her mother, Nora Thormann, find a diagnosis and treatment for a rare breast cancer. Thanks to this help, Nora was recruited for clinical research, was treated and recovered.

Unfortunately, Renata died some time later in an accident. Her mother then wanted to leave her daughter's name marked in the fight against cancer, through support for clinical research - the main reason for the existence of the Cura Project Institute, which fights daily to finance scientific studies and research in the treatment and cure of cancer.

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