125 results for “cancer pain”
76y · Male·small bowel obstruction in the setting of terminal metastatic neuro-endocrine tu…
…view. Between October 2015 and November 2017, he submitted multiple self-referral forms reporting abdominal pain, weight loss (15kg), diarrhoea, and family history of bowel cancer. Despite nursing staff appropriately ide…
82y · Female·Peritonitis due to leakage of bowel contents from bowel anastomosis following el…
Winifred Carpenter, 82, died 11 days after a right hemicolectomy for colon cancer from peritonitis due to anastomotic leak. Critical failures occurred on discharge day (10 March 2023): cli…
67y · Male·hypoxic respiratory failure in the setting of pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and …
…n and received significant medical care including chemoembolisation, radiotherapy, and endoscopy for liver cancer discovered incidentally in 2021. In December 2022, he presented with chest pain and was found to have pneu…
66y · Male·respiratory infection on a background of metastatic carcinoma
…ory infection secondary to metastatic carcinoma. He had undergone laryngectomy and tracheostomy for throat cancer in 2017, and presented with extensive nodal involvement discovered on imaging in December 2018. He was rec…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
…ear-old woman died from acute multiple drug toxicity after 26 years of high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain following a motor vehicle accident. Despite recognition by multiple clinicians that opioid doses exceeded s…
81y · Male·metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma with infected necrotic sacral ulcer
…sons Mental Health Service with severe dementia-related behavioural disturbance (Tier 7 BPSD) and terminal cancer. Critical failures included: inappropriate prolonged physical restraint (up to 17 hours daily) that exacer…
59y · Male·Disseminated carcinoma (metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin)
…rt Phillip Prison on 19 December 2013. He had been incarcerated since 2008 and diagnosed with disseminated cancer in January 2013, undergoing three chemotherapy courses at St Vincent's Hospital. In December 2013, his con…
68y · Male·Unknown; likely suicide by unknown means
…raville, disappeared on 3 January 2020 after reporting health concerns to family. He had a history of skin cancer treated in 2015-2017 but was not receiving ongoing medical care. In late 2019, he reported stomach issues …
63y · Female·disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary in a woman with multiple sc…
…ng multiple sclerosis, died on 30 June 2014 from disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary. Her cancer went undiagnosed despite regular GP contact. In her final weeks, she refused external care services despit…
65y · Female·undetermined; possibly ischaemic heart disease or squamous cell carcinoma of ton…
…concerns and preference for alternative therapy. She deteriorated over months with worsening oral symptoms, pain, and functional decline. In her final week she became incontinent, lethargic, and dyspnoeic. She died at ho…
36y · Male·Hanging
A 36-year-old male prisoner with complex psychiatric history, substance use disorder, and recent cancer diagnosis died by hanging in prison. Recent mental health assessments (within 3 days) had classified him a…
76y · Male·morphine toxicity and carcinomatosis
John Walter Hedges, a 76-year-old man with terminal metastatic cancer, died at Greenslopes Private Hospital following a morphine overdose administered by agency nurse Cornelia …
74y · Male·Acute exacerbation of chronic airways disease, with carcinoma of prostate being …
…der, died from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with metastatic prostate cancer as a significant contributing condition. In June-July 2020, he presented with shortness of breath, was dia…
68y · Male·pneumonia in the setting of metastatic malignancy of unknown primary, likely bow…
…accommodation, was admitted to Monash Medical Centre on 19 January 2023 with pneumonia, vomiting, and chest pain. He had recently been diagnosed with metastatic malignancy of unknown primary (likely bowel) and was receiv…
45y · Female·Combined effects of widely metastatic (end-stage) carcinoma of the cervix and br…
Teressa Maree Beswick, a 45-year-old woman with end-stage metastatic cervical cancer, died from the combined effects of her cancer and bronchopneumonia accelerated by a critical medication er…
61y · Male·metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma
…Wells, a 61-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma in December 2018. Cancer was diagnosed in April 2018 after he reported difficulty swallowing, which was initially attributed to mis…
73y · Male·Metastatic rectal carcinoma
…al causes. Medical care during his final admission appeared appropriate, with palliative measures including pain and agitation management, removal of restraints causing skin injury, and activation of end-of-life protocol…
53y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the rectum (operated)
…etastatic rectal carcinoma at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He had been appropriately diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 whilst in custody and underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Despite initial treatment…
48y · Male·large cell carcinoma of lung with metastases
…lliative care at Prince of Wales Hospital. He had presented to prison health services in May-June 2014 with pain attributed to kidney stones. A CT scan on 27 April 2014 showed renal calculi; a subsequent CT on 23 June re…
66y · Male·Complications of multiple sclerosis and left tongue squamous cell carcinoma
…e conditions following a brief palliative care admission. He was admitted in May 2025 with malnutrition and pain, underwent nasogastric tube placement and short-course palliative radiotherapy, but declined further treatm…
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