Specialist MDT: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NB On 1 October 2019, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals and Aintree University Hospital merged to become Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Men diagnosed at this hospital trust can access the following services:
- Diagnostic Facilities:
- Multiparametric MRI
- Transperineal biopsy under local anaesthetic
- Transperineal biopsy under general anaesthetic
- Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy
- Choline PET
- PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET scan
- Whole body MRI
- Isotope bone scan
- Treatment Facilities:
- Radical prostatectomy
- Robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
- External beam radiotherapy (EBRT)
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
- Chemotherapy
- Joint specialist MDT clinic
- Support Service Facilities:
- Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in all clinics
- Prostate cancer-specific CNSs
- Advanced PCa CNS
- Urology CNS
- Sexual function services
- Specialist continence services
- Psychological counselling
- Genetic counselling
Data Quality
Disease Presentation
Management
These indicators could not be reported this year for England as we were unable to assign a patient to a particular risk group due to the unavailability of information on Gleason score in the Rapid Cancer Registration Dataset