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Lead
University of Southern California
With
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of diffusion-weighted MRI for pathologic T3 stage prostate cancer using a 3 Tesla (3T) magnet with a surface coil.
OUTLINE:
Patients undergo diffusion-weighted MRI of the pelvis.
Age
18–any
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Biopsy-documented adenocarcinoma of the prostate which is intermediate or high risk, defined as possessing one or more of the following features:
* Gleason \>= 7
* \> 50% biopsy cores +
* Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) \>= 10
Interested in undergoing a radical prostatectomy as definitive management for prostate cancer
No clinical or radiographic evidence for distant metastatic disease
* In subjects with PSA \< 20 no radiographic staging is required in the absence of clinical symptoms for distant metastatic disease; for those with PSA \> 20, a bone scan must document lack of concern for bone involvement
You may not be if
Ineligible for surgery due to cardiac, pulmonary, or other major comorbidity factor
History of claustrophobia
Pacemaker or other implanted metal objects which would make subject ineligible for MRI, per standard criteria
