Scans show Jimmy Carter is cancer free

The doctors found that the cancer has spread to four parts of his brain. He had been taking the treatment for melanoma, which included a targeted radiation therapy and immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab. “I have got thousands of friends and I have had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence”, Carter said. “We’re on the edge of a revolution in oncology”.

“Good God”, one person said, according to video of the event from NBC.

In August, Carter had a portion of his liver removed.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has revealed that his most recent MRI brain scan showed that his cancer has gone.

Former President Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, where he announced on Sunday that his recent MRI was clear of melanoma lesions. He went through surgery and radiation – and also had a drug called, “Keytruda”.

“It doesn’t mean that there is no cancer in his body; it means that there is no indication that they can find cancer for the present”, said Lichtenfeld.

Not all cancers will recur, and if cancer cells do survive treatment it could take years before they develop into identifiable disease.

Oncologists are concerned about giving chemotherapy drugs to older cancer patients because of the toxicity issues, which can cause nausea and fatigue. A representative said “while advanced Melanoma has historically been considered difficult-to-treat, recently there have been several advances that have been restoring hope for patients with this devastating disease as well as their physicians”.

“He did not say he was cured. That’s incredible progress in a short period of time”. “We don’t know what the future holds for him”.

“I’ve reacted well to the treatments”, Carter told The Associated Press in November.

“I haven’t been uncomfortable or ill after the treatments were over”, he said.

“Right from very beginning, I had a good feeling about the President’s prognosis”.

“The typical new cancer drug coming on the market a decade ago cost about $4,500 per month (in 2012 dollars); since 2010 the median price has been around $10,000”, he wrote in a 2012 op-ed in The New York Times. And up until 2011, there were no developments on the drug. “And it’s expensive to have large trials”, Demopoulos said. “That’s how fast things are changing”. A previous test showed the spots were responding to treatment, he said.

Jimmy Carter credits the new cancer drug Keytruda for shrinking his brain tumors completely.