Jimmy Carter says brain scan shows no cancer

“It shows that the cancer treatment is working, and that any disease he has, whether in his brain, or elsewhere in his body, is now under control”, says Dr. Tessler, executive director of the Long Island Brain Tumor Center in Lake Success, N.Y.

The 91-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and global humanitarian recently had a tumour removed from his liver, only to find four melanoma spots on his brain.

Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that his brain cancer is gone, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported, December 6.

Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. “But then we had another MRI and it showed I have four places in my brain”.

“And when I went this week, they didn’t find any cancer at all”, he told those in attendance at the Sunday service, prompting rapturous applause and delighted cheers.

“So a lot of people prayed for me, and I appreciate that”, Carter said.

“He said he got a scan this week and the cancer was gone”, Jill Stuckey, a close friend of Carter’s and a Maranatha member, told AJC. Carter’s grandson James Carter confirmed the good news as well. “I will continue to receive regular three-week immunotherapy treatments of pembrolizumab”, Carter said in a statement.

Speaking on behalf of the American Cancer Society, deputy chief medical officer Dr. Len Lichtenfeld spoke with quite optimism about the turnaround, though stressed that it did not necessarily mean Carter’s long-term battle with cancer was over.

“In the near-term, you’d say there is good reason to be quite optimistic”, said Dr. Keith Flaherty, a melanoma specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies.

For now, Carter says he’ll continue his regimen of immunotherapy, a treatment method that could offer a promising alternative to chemotherapy.

“I went to the doctors this week for the second time”. The former President’s treatment regimen has also included surgery and radiation.

This article contains information from the Washington Post.