| BCa | bladder cancer |
| CXCL9 | Chemokine, CXC motif, ligand 9 |
| DSS | disease-free survival |
| Fu recur | follow up recurrence |
| KI67 | Proliferation marker KI67 |
| KRT5 | Cytokeratin 5 |
| KRT20 | Cytokeratin 20 |
| MIBC | muscle invasive bladder cancer |
| NMIBC | non-muscle invasive bladder cancer |
| OS | overall survival |
| n.s. | not significant |
| n.d. | not determined |
| PD1 | programmed cell death 1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed cell death ligand 1 |
| PFS | progression-free survival |
| pT | pathological tumor stage |
| pN | pathological lymph node stage |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| RFS | recurrence-free survival |