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Home Staging and Surveillance of Testicular Cancer
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Testicular cancer, stage 1A, pure seminoma, recurrence suspected, post orchiectomy, surveillance 3194928
Radiography chest
<0.1 mSv
☢ 		<0.03 mSv [ped]
☢ 		Usually appropriate
MRI abdomen and pelvis without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
CT abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
CT chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
US scrotum
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI abdomen and pelvis without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI head without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
CT abdomen and pelvis without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CT chest without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
FDG-PET/CT whole body
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
US abdomen and retroperitoneum
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI head without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan whole body
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT abdomen and pelvis without and with IV contrast
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		10-30 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate