Characterization of Prostate Cancer With 3T MR

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who because of age, general medical or psychiatric condition, or physiologic status unrelated to the presence of prostate cancer cannot give valid informed consent.
• Patients unwilling or unable to undergo MRI including patients with contra-indications to MRI such as the presence of cardiac pacemakers or non-compatible intracranial vascular clips.
• Patients who cannot tolerate or have contra-indications to ERC insertion; for example, patients who have had a prior abdominoperineal resection of the rectum or have Crohn's disease.
• Patients with an allergic reaction to latex.
• Cryosurgery, surgery for prostate cancer including TURP, prostatic radiotherapy, including bradiotherapy for rectal cancer, androgen deprivation therapy, rectal surgery, or alternative medicine prior to radical prostatectomy.
• Any metallic implant (e.g. hip) or device that might distort local magnetic field and compromise quality of MRI.
• Radical prostatectomy or biopsy of the prostate not planned to be performed within six (6) months of protocol MRI.
• Patients who have undergone BCG for bladder cancer.
• Patients with severe motion artifacts rendering the data unusable.
• Patients who have an allergic history to gadopentetate dimeglumine administration.
• Patients with a contraindication to the administration of glucagon (pheochromocytoma, islet pancreatic tumor, or insulin-dependent diabetes) or a prior history of allergic reaction following glucagon administration.