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! Indication
! COVID Cancel
! COVID Urgent
! Brief description
! Slice thickness and reconstruction kernel
!Further details of contrast timing/explanation of what the radiographers do
! Abbreviation

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Breast Cancer
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CT chest &amp; abdomen &amp; pelvis (contrast)
Include neck if palpable neck lymph nodes
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1.5 mm B30f, 1.2 mm increment.
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65 seconds
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CT CAP + c


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Lymphoma
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CT chest, abdomen &amp; pelvis +/- neck/brain/orbits as indicated (contrast)
PET Hodgkin&rsquo;s etc
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1.5 mm B30f, 1.2 mm increment.
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65 seconds
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CT CAP + c


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Malignant melanoma
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PET-CT, ultrasound of liver if ocular melanoma
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Myeloma
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Low dose non contrast CT of whole body (should be MR not CT)
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First presentation of cancer NOS
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CT chest, abdomen and pelvis post contrast
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65 seconds
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CT CAP + C

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Weight loss - malignancy?
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If > 60 years old, NICE criteria suggest CT for pancreas

CT chest, abdomen arterial then abdomen and pelvis post contrast
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1.5 mm B30f, 1.2 mm increment.
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Arterial then 65 seconds
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CT CA arterial AP PV phase

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