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. 2022 Oct 4;14(19):4841. doi: 10.3390/cancers14194841
UC urothelial carcinoma
UTUC upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma
BC bladder cancer
DSS disease-specific survival
CT computed tomography
URS ureterorenoscopy
RNU radical nephroureterectomy
EAU European Association of Urology
MIBC muscle-invasive bladder cancer
OS overall survival
CPI checkpoint-Inhibitor
CR complete remission
NAC neoadjuvant chemotherapy
MVAC/MVEC methotrexate, vinblastine, adriamycin/epirubicin and cisplatin
PICO participants, interventions, comparators, outcomes
PR partial remission
SD stable disease
PD progressive disease
PFS progression-free survival
GFR glomerular filtration rate
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
LVI lymphovascular invasion
OR odds ratio
HR hazard ratio
CI confidence interval
IPTW intuition for inverse probability of treatment weighting