Barriers and facilitators to physical activity prehabilitation in patients with kidney cancer

•Exercise may improve a patient's health status before major surgery.•Barriers and facilitators to PA prehabilitation in kidney cancer are underreported.•Frail and comorbid kidney cancer patients may benefit from PA prehabilitation.•Anxiety, depression, and stress are barriers to overcome for PA prehabilitation engagement in kidney cancer.•Educational group sessions and social support may facilitate physical activity prehabilitation and exercise behavior change