Jimmy Carter: Doctors Now Find No Sign of Cancer

Carter revealed the news while teaching a Sunday School class at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, but when it was reported on the Fox News Facebook page on December 6, many fans and members criticized the president while making disparaging remarks.

Former President’s most recent MRI brain scan report shows no signs of original cancer spots or any new ones.

The news comes roughly three months after he began treatment for four small lesions in his brain and had surgery to remove part of his liver.

“Circumstances may change over time or he may be in a situation where it does not recur for many years or at all”, Lichtenfeld said. But in this case, a combination of radiation treatments and a new immune-based therapy have raised the odds of survival, according to doctors and medical experts.

In August, Carter’s doctor Walter Curran Jr. said at a press conference that apart from radiation treatment, Carter also received injection of a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration in February.

Carter, 91, has been undergoing treatment for metastatic melanoma since August. “For today, the news can not be better”, Lichtenfeld said. As in August, Carter again mentioned the specifics of his care, saying that he would continue to receive intravenous infusion of the immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) every three weeks.

The Atlanta Braves baseball team congratulated Carter on Twitter, writing “We are so happy to hear that you are cancer-free, Mr President!” That’s typical for patients taking the drug without side effects, said Dr. Douglas Johnson, a melanoma specialist at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center who is not involved with Carter’s treatment. He said that a previous scan showed that the four spots where cancer was identified were responding to the treatment. These drugs are quite different from traditional chemotherapy and most of the patients are able to tolerate it.

Carter plans to continue his work with Habitat for Humanity and other charitable organizations he supports. Not going to Nepal had allowed him to get back on schedule for that fourth and final treatment, he said.

Jill Stuckey, a church member who helps organize Carter’s lessons, said that “our prayers have been answered”.