| 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 |