3 Tesla MRI in Patients With Bladder Cancer

Immediately following removal of the bladder and lymph nodes, the specimens will be transported to the ultra-high-field MRI scanner for high resolution imaging.

The majority of patients will be candidates to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to radical cystectomy as part of standard clinical care. Patients will most often receive cisplatin based therapy for a period of three months (four 21 day cycles).

The patient will undergo radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection with no deviation from standard surgical care. A urinary tract reconstruction will follow as either a continent or incontinent form of diversion.