68y · Male·Metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma
… died from metastatic gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma. He had multiple comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and chronic obstructive airways disease. Diagnosed with oesophageal carcinoma in Januar…
57y · Male·Metastatic lung adenocarcinoma (stage IVA non-small cell lung cancer)
…atic lung adenocarcinoma with contributing comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, ischaemic heart disease). Diagnosed with stage IVA non-small cell lung cancer in October 2019, he received appropriate onc…
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 community care. His oncologist Dr…
61y · Male·Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma
…ood, a 61-year-old man with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (tongue base cancer with spread to lung and heart), died of natural causes while in custody at Long Bay Hospital. He had been diagnosed with throat cancer i…
78y · Male·metastatic malignancy (unknown primary) with contributing right-sided heart fail…
…son, aged 78, died in custody from metastatic liver cancer (unknown primary) with contributing right-sided heart failure. He had prostate cancer diagnosed in 2010 via elevated PSA (20ng/ml) but was not adequately invest…
75y · Male·metastatic pancreatic cancer
A 75-year-old man died from metastatic pancreatic cancer while in lawful custody. He was diagnosed in February 2025 and underwent palliative chemotherapy at Prince of Wales Hospital from March-April 2025. He developed an…
82y · Male·complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer with end stage liver failure
An 82-year-old man died of end-stage liver failure due to metastatic pancreatic cancer while serving a custodial sentence. He was comprehensively assessed on entry to prison and housed in an Aged Care Unit where his mult…
54y · Male·Complications of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma
…resentation, despite antibiotics and steroids, his condition deteriorated rapidly due to widespread lung metastases and organising pneumonia. Transition to palliative care was appropriate given disease progression. The a…
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,…
44y · Male·End stage non-small cell lung carcinoma
Victor Courtney, aged 44, died from end-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma with hepatic metastases while incarcerated at Wolston Correctional Centre. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2012 af…
51y · Male·Sepsis due to or as a consequence of right lower limb necrotising fasciitis due …
A 51-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma died from sepsis following necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb, which developed after a pseudo-aneurysm complication from coronary angiography. Key clinical less…
75y · Male·Metastatic prostatic carcinoma
…ostate cancer while in prison custody. Diagnosed with cancer in 2012, he also had haemophilia A, ischaemic heart disease, and prior cerebrovascular accidents. By 2016, he required full-time palliative care. Despite atte…
62y · Male·Non-small cell lung carcinoma with metastases
Desmond Sims, a 62-year-old prisoner, died from advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma with metastases. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in February 2009 at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) but was lost to…
63y · Male·cancer in the left lung metastatic to the heart, right lung, liver, pancreas and…
Victor Albert Campbell, a 63-year-old man remanded in custody for serious criminal offences, was incarcerated at Alice Springs Correctional Centre on 10 April 2013. He was assessed by medical staff and seen by a doctor p…
56y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis secondary to airways obstruction from squamous cell carci…
…old Aboriginal man, died of aspiration pneumonitis secondary to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with metastases while in custody. He presented with progressive dysphagia from September 2019, initially managed as beni…
81y · Male·Carcinoid tumour (metastasis) / metastatic cancer
Donald Richard Gunthorpe, an 81-year-old man with metastatic rectal carcinoma, was appropriately transitioned to end-of-life (palliative) care at a residential aged care facility after hospitalisation for abdominal pain.…
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