Humans Smoking/adverse effects/epidemiology *Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Neoplasms *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/epidemiology/etiology *Carcinoma Transitional Cell Prognosis Neoplasm Recurrence Local/epidemiology Current smoker Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer Progression Recurrence Smoking

Humans Female *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology *Carcinoma Transitional Cell/pathology Urinary Bladder/pathology Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Meta-analysis Muscle-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma Non-muscle-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma Sex

Humans *Transurethral Resection of Bladder Neoplasm Recurrence Local/pathology *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/diagnosis/surgery/pathology Prognosis Urologic Surgical Procedures Cystectomy Bladder cancer Css Os Pfs Rfs Transurethral resection of bladder tumors financial ties to disclose.

Humans *Carcinoma Transitional Cell/pathology *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/genetics DNA Methylation Neoplasm Recurrence Local/genetics Prognosis *Urologic Neoplasms/genetics/pathology Membrane Proteins/genetics Neoplasm Proteins/genetics Biomarkers Kaplan-Meier survival Meta-analysis Methylation Upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Humans *Urinary Bladder/pathology Cystectomy/methods Prognosis Prospective Studies Neoplasm Recurrence Local/pathology *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology Biomarkers biomarker neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio prognostic factor radical cystectomy recurrence urothelial carcinoma

Blood Transfusion/*mortality Combined Modality Therapy Cystectomy/*mortality Humans *Perioperative Care Prognosis Survival Rate Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology/*therapy Bladder cancer Blood transfusion Cystectomy Meta-analysis Oncology Systematic review

*Carcinoma Transitional Cell Humans Prognosis Retrospective Studies *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/surgery *Urinary Tract

Humans *Neoplasm Recurrence Local/drug therapy *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology Infusions Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Adjuvant Adverse Reactions bladder cancer intra-arterial chemotherapy meta-analysis prognosis

Humans Immunotherapy Inflammation Prognosis Progression-Free Survival *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

Female Gene Expression Profiling Gene Regulatory Networks Humans Male Muscles Neoplasm Invasiveness Prognosis *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism rab GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism Bladder cancer Gene expression Muscle-invasive bladder cancer Urothelial cancer

Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized/*therapeutic use *Carcinoma Transitional Cell/drug therapy Humans Prognosis Retrospective Studies *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/drug therapy Metastatic urothelial carcinoma Pembrolizumab Prognostic factor Janssen and Pfizer. Takahiro Kimura is a paid consultant/advisor of Astellas Bayer Janssen and Sanofi. Shahrokh F. Shariat is a paid as follows: Honoraria: Astellas AstraZeneca Bayer BMS Cepheid Ferring Ipsen Janssen Lilly MSD Olympus Pfizer Pierre Fabre Richard Wolf Roche Sanochemia Sanofi Takeda Urogen. Consulting or Advisory Role: Astellas AstraZeneca Bayer BMS Cepheid Ferring Ipsen Janssen Lilly MSD Olympus Pfizer Pierre Fabre Richard Wolf Roche Sanochemia Sanofi Takeda Urogen. Speakers Bureau: Astellas Astra Zeneca Bayer BMS Cepheid Ferring Ipsen Janssen Lilly MSD Olympus Pfizer Pierre Fabre Richard Wolf Roche Sanochemia Sanofi Takeda Urogen Movember Foundation. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest associated with this manuscript.

Humans *Carcinoma Renal Cell/surgery Prognosis Nutritional Status *Carcinoma Transitional Cell/surgery *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Nephrectomy *Kidney Neoplasms/surgery Retrospective Studies Controlling Nutritional Status score Renal cell carcinoma Upper tract urothelial carcinoma

Biomarkers Humans Inflammation Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms bladder cancer meta-analysis survival systemic immune-inflammation index commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Apoptosis B7-H1 Antigen/genetics/metabolism *Carcinoma Transitional Cell/pathology Cystectomy Humans Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Ligands Lymph Node Excision Neoplasm Recurrence Local/pathology Prognosis Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor Urinary Bladder *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology bladder urothelial carcinoma meta-analysis prognostic value programmed cell death ligand-1 radical cystectomy commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

*Carcinoma Transitional Cell/pathology Humans Prognosis Retrospective Studies *Ureteral Neoplasms *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms *Urologic Neoplasms/pathology Carcinoma Transitional Cell Pathology

Autoantigens Biomarkers Tumor/genetics/metabolism Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Humans Procollagen-Lysine 2-Oxoglutarate 5-Dioxygenase/genetics/metabolism Prognosis *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/pathology Bladder cancer Meta-analysis Microarray datasets Overall survival Prognostic biomarker

*Carcinoma Transitional Cell/pathology/radiotherapy Humans *Kidney Neoplasms Kidney Pelvis/pathology Prognosis *Ureteral Neoplasms/pathology *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Adjuvant radiotherapy Prognostic Radiotherapy Survival Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

*Carcinoma Renal Cell/surgery *Carcinoma Transitional Cell Humans *Kidney Neoplasms/surgery Nutritional Status Prognosis Retrospective Studies *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms *Urinary Tract

Adult Aged Aged 80 and over Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects/*therapeutic use B7-H1 Antigen/antagonists & inhibitors Carcinoma/*drug therapy/immunology/mortality/pathology Clinical Decision-Making Female Humans Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/adverse effects/*therapeutic use Male Middle Aged Patient Selection Progression-Free Survival Time Factors Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/*drug therapy/immunology/mortality/pathology Urothelium/*drug effects/immunology/pathology Immune-checkpoint inhibitor Meta-analysis Programmed death-ligand 1 Urothelial carcinoma interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: The authors certify that all conflicts of interest including specific financial interests and relationships and affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials discussed in the article are listed as follows: Shahrokh Shariat owns or co-owns the following patents: methods to determine prognosis after therapy for prostate cancer. Granted 2002-09-06. Methods to determine prognosis after therapy for bladder cancer. Granted 2003-06-19. Prognostic methods for patients with prostatic disease. Granted 2004-08-05. Soluble Fas: urinary marker for the detection of bladder transitional cell carcinoma. Granted 2010-07-20. He has a consulting or advisory role for the following: Astellas Astra Zeneca Bayer BMS Cepheid Ferring Ipsen Jansen Lilly MSD Olympus Pfizer Pierre Fabre Roche Sanochemia Sanofi Takeda Urogen and Wolff. All remaining authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

Carcinoma Transitional Cell/pathology Disease-Free Survival Humans *Neoplasm Staging Prognosis Urinary Bladder/*pathology Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/*pathology Bladder urothelial carcinoma Meta-analysis Squamous differentiation