Imaging Correlates of Renal Cell Carcinoma Biological Features

Inclusion Criteria

• •≥ 18 years of age (no upper age limit)
• •Informed consent obtained and signed
• •Clinically suspected RCC based on imaging performed prior to enrollment
• •Planned nephrectomy schedule that can accommodate a MR-FDG-PET scan within 4 weeks prior to surgery
• •Willing to undergo gadolinium enhanced MRI with simultaneous acquisition of FDG-PET uptake by the tumor within 4 weeks prior to nephrectomy
• •Willing to consent for genetic and proteomic analysis of tumor and germline nucleic acids
• •Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test performed within 7 days prior to FDG-PET-MRI
• •Breast feeding women cannot do so for 24 hours after FDG injection
• •Patient is willing to fast for 4 hours, including avoiding any sugar-containing drinks.
• •Patient is willing to drink at least 32 ounces of water (or other no-sugar-containing fluids) within 4 hours prior to arriving for scans.