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 |