Tumor downstaging as an intermediate endpoint to assess the activity of neoadjuvant systemic therapy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Alberto MartiniRachel JiaBart S FerketNikhil WaingankarElizabeth R PlimackSimon J CrabbLauren C HarshmanEvan Y YuThomas PowlesJonathan E RosenbergSumanta Kumar PalUlka N VaishampayanAndrea NecchiN Peter WiklundReza MehrazinMadhu MazumdarJohn P SfakianosMatthew D GalskyPublished in: Cancer (2019)
A decrease of at least 1 stage from the cT stage to the pT stage is associated with improved OS in patients with MIBC treated with NAC.