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