Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer - MBS item (16050)

The following MBS item is included in this clinical category.

16050
Administration of Lutetium 177 PSMA, followed within 36 hours by whole body Lu-PSMA SPECT, for treatment of a patient with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer who is: (a) PSMA-positive as determined by PSMA PET (defined as SUVmax >15 at a single site of disease and SUVmax >10 at all sites of measurable disease) after disease progression and (b) prior treatment includes at least one taxane chemotherapy and at least one androgen receptor signalling inhibitor. Applicable once per cycle, up to a maximum of 2 cycles in the initial treatment phase.