Woman, 103, becomes oldest in world to have breast cancer op

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 5 - A 103-year-old Italian woman has become the oldest woman in the world to be operated on for breast cancer.
    Two years after the procedure, now at the age of 105, Carmelina Paolina Beltramelli shows no sign of the tumour coming back, said Bergamo's Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital.
    The groundbreaking operation has been illustrated in the journal Aging and Health Research - Elsevier under the title 'Multidisciplinary management of breast cancer in a 103 years old patient: the ultimate primum non nocere challenge'.
    "The article highlights the importance of prevention and treatment at al ages, and of an interdisciplinary approach to oncolological pathologies," said the hospital (ANSA).