Male·metastatic lung cancer
Anthony Wray died from metastatic lung cancer while in custody at Long Bay Gaol in February 2018. He had been serving a 12-year sentence. Lung cancer wi…
54y · Male·metastatic small cell lung cancer
Manuel Katsaros, aged 54, died from metastatic small cell lung cancer while in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital Annex receiving palliative care. The coroner found no systemi…
45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory …
73y · Male·Metastatic colon cancer
…73-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from metastatic colon cancer. He was found on the floor of his bedroom on 9 August 2024 with signs of infection and anaemia, prompting …
56y · Female·Complications of cervical cancer
Kerry Forrest, aged 56, died in custody on 26 January 2016 from complications of advanced cervical cancer. She was serving a 25-year sentence after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2012, prior to …
73y · Male·Disseminated malignancy (advanced lung carcinoma and mouth carcinoma) in a man w…
…isseminated malignancy (advanced lung and mouth carcinoma) while in prison custody. He received suboptimal cancer treatment at Fiona Stanley Hospital due to communication failures between oncology teams managing his two …
69y · Male·Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer on a background of dilated cardiomyopathy,…
Bruce Thomas, a 69-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with concurrent dilated cardiomyopathy, COPD, and hypertension. Lung masses were discovered in May 2015 du…
70y · Male·Metastatic tumour in the setting of known renal and bowel cancer
…enneth Albert Hargreaves, a 70-year-old man with extensive medical comorbidities including renal and bowel cancer, lymphoma, Parkinson's disease, and cardiac disease, died from metastatic tumour while imprisoned at Port …
62y · Male·metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Robert Stradling was a 62-year-old male prisoner who died from metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. He had significant health issues throughout his incarceration and was transferred between prison hospital…
62y · Male·Metastatic prostate cancer
Robert Raymond Day, aged 62, died from metastatic prostate cancer while in prison custody. Diagnosed in 2013 with widespread bone, lymph node and liver metastases, he recei…
61y · Male·Complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma in a man with multiple medical …
…olorectal carcinoma. He was admitted to Colac Area Health with sepsis and rectal bleeding secondary to his cancer. Medical staff provided a presumed diagnosis of perforated colorectal cancer and implemented palliative tr…
61y · Male·paraneoplastic syndrome caused by metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
…m paraneoplastic syndrome caused by metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2007, undergoing right upper lobectomy in April 2007. Subsequent brain metastases developed in Se…
42y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer
Cherie Alderson, aged 42, died from metastatic breast cancer at a hospice after progressive deterioration. She had cerebral palsy from infancy and lived in Department …
62y · Male·Extensive liver tumour, primary site not identified
…ssessment suggested possible hepatitis and he was referred to hospital. CT imaging revealed terminal liver cancer with no identifiable primary site. Active treatment was withdrawn and he died 10 days later. The coroner f…
72y · Male·Metastatic bladder cancer; likely mechanism pulmonary embolism from combined eff…
A 72-year-old male underwent hip replacement despite undiagnosed metastatic bladder cancer. Following referral from his GP in May 2014 for an ultrasound showing bladder wall irregularities suspicio…
66y · Male·Complications of metastatic colorectal cancer (palliated)
… man with Fragile X Syndrome and intellectual disability, died from complications of metastatic colorectal cancer receiving palliative care. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2015, which metastasised to his liver by …
63y · Male·Complications of Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Peter Swanston, a 63-year-old prisoner, died from complications of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. He was diagnosed in November 2012 following a CT scan investigating chest symptoms and weight loss. His c…
73y · Male·metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis
A 73-year-old man with metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis died in Royal Adelaide Hospital while in prison custody. He had been sentenced in May 2015 and …
50y · Female·metastatic oesophageal cancer
…, a 50-year-old Vietnamese woman imprisoned at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, died from metastatic oesophageal cancer on 21 July 2013 at St Vincent's Hospital. She had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in January 2013, …
51y · Male·Metastatic small cell lung cancer
David John Scott, a 51-year-old inmate at Port Phillip Prison, died from metastatic small cell lung cancer on 22 December 2013. He presented with chest pain in April 2013, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer…
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