Asia Consensus Statement on NCCN Clinical Practice Guideline for bladder cancer.

The Asia Consensus Statement (ACS) on the NCCN Guideline (NCCN-ACS) for treatment of bladder cancer version 1.2016 is designed to provide documentation of modifications of the 'parent' NCCN Guideline: Bladder Cancer (Version 2.2015). When considering ethnic differences or differences in health regulatory environments between Western and Asian countries, a process of adaptation to match the circumstances is helpful for utilizing the guidelines. The NCCN-ACS for bladder cancer consist of 11 ACSs, focused on diagnosis, imaging, surgical treatment, adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy, periopererative (neodjuvant or adjuvant) chemotherapy and radiation oncology including bladder preservation. This mini-review will briefly summarize the bladder cancer version 1.2016 of the NCCN-ACS.