This study demonstrated that primary MIBC, pure UC pathological type, absence of concurrent CIS, and LVI were significant predictors of ypCR in MIBC patients who achieved cCR after NAC and before surgery. These findings may contribute to the decision-making process of bladder preservation strategy in selected patients.
Keyphrases
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- locally advanced
- muscle invasive bladder cancer
- decision making
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- lymph node
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord injury
- transcription factor
- rectal cancer
- dendritic cells
- coronary artery bypass
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- regulatory t cells
- urinary tract