Deceased
LAWRENCE GEORGE NOYES
Demographics
72y, male
Coroner
Coroner John Olle
Date of death
2010-05-19
Finding date
2012-02-27
Cause of death
pneumonia in a man with metastatic colon cancer
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Lawrence Noyes was a 72-year-old man serving a prison sentence who presented with metastatic colon cancer. He underwent surgery including palliative bypasses and later a gastrostomy and jejunostomy for nutritional support. Despite chemotherapy and active medical management, he deteriorated progressively with an unresectable tumour invading multiple organs. He suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on 19 May 2010 and was not resuscitated per his prior wishes. The coroner found pneumonia as the immediate cause of death in the context of advanced cancer, and was satisfied that medical care provided was appropriate.
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