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. 2026 Jun 24;18(13):2054. doi: 10.3390/cancers18132054
AIC Akaike information criterion
AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer
AUC area under the curve
BCSS bladder cancer-specific survival
CI confidence interval
cTNM clinical tumor–node–metastasis stage
CT computed tomography
dd-MVAC dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin
EFS event-free survival
HR hazard ratio
IQR interquartile range
LVI lymphovascular invasion
MIBC muscle-invasive bladder cancer
NAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy
NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
NMIBC non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer
NR not reached
OS overall survival
pCR pathological complete response
pTNM pathological tumor–node–metastasis stage
RC radical cystectomy
ROC receiver operating characteristic
TUR transurethral resection of bladder tumor
TTNAC time from transurethral resection to neoadjuvant chemotherapy initiation
ypTNM post-neoadjuvant pathological tumor–node–metastasis stage