Validation of a neuroendocrine-like classifier confirms poor outcomes in patients with bladder cancer treated with cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy

摘要

Purpose: Neuroendocrine (NE)-like carcinoma is a newly recognized molecular subtype of conventional urothelial carcinoma of the bladder with transcriptomic profiles and clinical outcomes highly similar to histological NE carcinoma. The identification of NE-like tumors is challenging, as these tumors often appear histologically like urothelial carcinoma and can be missed by routine morphological criteria. We previously developed a single-sample classifier to identify NE-like tumors, which we aimed to validate in an independent cohort.