Other

Indication	Brief description	Slice thickness and reconstruction kernel	Further details of contrast timing/explanation of what the radiographers do	Abbreviation
Breast Cancer	CT chest & abdomen & pelvis (contrast) Include neck if palpable neck lymph nodes	1.5 mm B30f, 1.2 mm increment.	65 seconds	CT CAP + c
Lymphoma	CT chest, abdomen & pelvis +/- neck/brain/orbits as indicated (contrast) PET Hodgkin’s etc	1.5 mm B30f, 1.2 mm increment.	65 seconds	CT CAP + c
Malignant melanoma	PET-CT, ultrasound of liver if ocular melanoma
Myeloma	Low dose non contrast CT of whole body
First presentation of cancer NOS	CT chest, abdomen and pelvis post contrast		65 seconds	CT CAP + C
Weight loss - malignancy?	If > 60 years old, NICE criteria suggest CT for pancreas CT chest, abdomen arterial then abdomen and pelvis post contrast	1.5 mm B30f, 1.2 mm increment.	Arterial then 65 seconds	CT CA arterial AP PV phase