186 results for “metastatic disease”
31y · Male·metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma
31-year-old man serving a custodial sentence died of metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma on 25 January 2022. Diagnosed April 2020, the ultra-rare cancer (1 in 10 mill…
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…
83y · Male·Metastatic oesophageal adenocarcinoma
George Iles, an 83-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic oesophageal adenocarcinoma. He had multiple comorbidities (asthma, hypertension, heart disease) and expe…
75y · Male·End stage myelodysplastic syndrome and end stage renal failure on a background o…
…ison custody from end-stage myelodysplastic syndrome and renal failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, valvular disease, and metastatic prostate cancer. He was admitted to hospital on 14 Decemb…
53y · Male·Complications of metastatic rectal cancer
Thomas Millar, a 53-year-old man in custody, died from complications of metastatic rectal cancer with liver failure. He had been diagnosed with advanced cancer in 2015 with a poor prognos…
53y · Female·Metastatic carcinoma of breast
…e Burandt, a 53-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from metastatic breast carcinoma at Broadmeadows Health Service Palliative Care Unit on 17 May 2008, two days after admi…
81y · Male·Lung cancer
An 81-year-old man with advanced lung cancer and multiple comorbidities died of natural causes while receiving palliative care in prison. He had documented his wishes for comfort-focused care and was registered on the DN…
73y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung with palliation
Norman Hazelgrove, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung carcinoma in September 2017. Early in his imprisonment (2013), a chest X-ray showed COPD but this d…
40y · Male·metastatic malignant melanoma
A 40-year-old man with metastatic melanoma died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 September 2015. He had atypical nevi removed in 2009 and …
64y · Male·Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Philip Nguyen, aged 64, died from metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whilst in lawful custody in Long Bay Hospital on 10 May 2020. He had been dia…
71y · Male·metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma
Robert Bell-Williams, aged 71, died from metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma while in lawful custody at Long Bay Hospital on 1 February 2024. Imprison…
84y · Male·Metastatic oesophageal carcinoma
An 84-year-old man died in prison from metastatic oesophageal carcinoma while receiving palliative care. He was found unresponsive in his hospital bed and…
58y · Male·pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart…
58-year-old male prisoner died from pneumonia complicated by stage 4 lung adenocarcinoma, ischaemic heart disease, and chronic emphysema. He presented with critical leg ischaemia requiring femoral endarterectomy, develo…
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 irregu…
2y · Female·Complications relating to metastatic neuroblastoma
…. Despite subsequent treatment with Dinutuximab Beta, tumours continued to progress. The child died from metastatic neuroblastoma complications while under state care and receiving palliative hospice services. The corone…
86y · Female·Metastatic ovarian cancer (high-grade serous carcinoma)
An 86-year-old woman serving a life sentence died of metastatic ovarian cancer in palliative care. After diagnosis in April 2023, treatment was appropriately limited to…
67y · Female·disseminated adenocarcinoma of the colon
A 67-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer developed multiple cerebral metastases causing marked behavioural changes (irritabilit…
67y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
Ian McAuliffe, a 67-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died from metastatic prostate cancer. The case examined whether his cancer treatment as a prisoner was adequate compared to c…
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 sy…
57y · Male·Metastatic lung adenocarcinoma (stage IVA non-small cell lung cancer)
Trevor Charles Stone, a 57-year-old First Nations man imprisoned for sexual offences, died from metastatic lung adenocarcinoma with contributing comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, ischaemic he…
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