| AI | artificial intelligence |
| ANN | artificial neural networks |
| AUA | American Urological Association |
| BC | bladder cancer |
| CT | computed tomography |
| EAU | European Association of Urology |
| ESMO | European Society of Medical Oncology |
| ePLND | extended pelvic lymph node dissection |
| FAP | fibroblast activation protein |
| FAPI | fibroblast activation protein inhibitor |
| [18F]FDG | 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose |
| MIBC | muscle-invasive bladder cancer |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| NCCN | National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
| NMIBC | non-muscle invasive bladder cancer |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PD-L1 | programmed death-ligand 1 |
| RC | radical cystectomy |
| TURBT | bransurethral resection of the bladder tumor |
| UC | urothelial carcinomas |
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