| (m)UC | (Metastatic) urothelial carcinoma |
| (N)MIBC | (Non-)muscle-invasive bladder cancer |
| AEs | Adverse events |
| ≥G3 AE | ≥Grade 3 adverse event |
| irAE | Immune-related adverse event |
| sAE | Serious adverse event |
| APC | Antigen-presenting cells |
| ASCO-GU | Genitourinary Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| AUA | American Urologic Association |
| BC | Bladder cancer |
| BCG | Bacille Calmette–Guérin |
| BPS | Bladder-preserving strategies |
| CEA | Carcinoembryonic antigen |
| CIS | Carcinoma in situ |
| ClTr | Clinical trials |
| CPI | Checkpoint inhibition |
| CPS | Combined positive score |
| CR | Complete response |
| CT | Center of the tumor |
| CUETO | Club Urologico Español deTratamiento Oncologico |
| DDM | Dodecyl maltoside |
| DoR | Duration of response |
| EAU | European Association of Urology |
| EBRT | External Beam Radiotherapy of the Bladder |
| ECOG | Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
| EFS | Event-free survival |
| EORTC | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer |
| FDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
| FoxP3 | Forkhead box protein P3 |
| FU | Follow up |
| G1–3 | Grading 1–3 |
| LG | Low grade |
| HG | High grade |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| HG-RFS | High-grade recurrence-free survival |
| I | Immunoscore |
| i.v. | Intravenously |
| iCT | Intravesical chemotherapy |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IM | Invasive margin |
| Maint. | Maintenance |
| MDSC | Myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| MMC | Mitomycin C |
| MUC | Antigens epithelial mucin 1 |
| n.a. | Not applicable |
| NA | Not available |
| NKT-cell | Natural killer T-cell |
| OM | Oportuzumab monatox |
| PD | Progressive disease |
| PD-(L)1 | Programmed cell death (ligand)-1 |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis statement |
| Rb | Retinoblastom |
| rBCG | Repeat BCG |
| RC | Radical cystectomy |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| RECIST | Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors |
| RR | Risk ratio |
| SD | Stable disease |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophage |
| TIL | Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TMB | Tumor mutational burden |
| TU | Tumor |
| TURBT | Transurethral resection of bladder tumor |
| UTI | Urinary tract infection |
| Vp | Viral particles |
| WHO | World Health Organization |