| ADAM | a disintegrin and metalloproteinase |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette Guérin |
| CIS | carcinoma in situ |
| HG | high grade |
| IC | immune cells |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| IL | interleukin |
| n.s. | not significant |
| NMIBC | non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer |
| MIBC | muscle-invasive bladder cancer |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand 1 |
| RC | radical cystectomy |
| TC | tumor cells |
| TURB | transurethral resection of the bladder |