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“His quality of life should not be impaired at all”.

Carter came into the sanctuary with his usual smile and usual wisecracking inquiry about whether there were any visitors.

For Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, Plains is a “haven” from their work in Atlanta and around the globe, he has said. He was scheduled to begin radiation treatment later the same day. Christie did not.

A visitor walks near a cutout of former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, at an antique mall in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Ga., Sunday, August 23, 2015.

Showing an incredible amount of optimism for a 90-year-old man facing cancer, former president Jimmy Carter detailed his health situation while addressing reporters Thursday from the Carter Center in Atlanta.

At a press conference on Thursday, former President Jimmy Carter discussed his biggest accomplishments and regrets in light of his cancer which he announced has spread to his brain.

Former US President Jimmy Carter might have cancer in his brain but he certainly does not have cancer on the brain.

Carter, in a remarkably candid discussion with reporters, detailed the spread of melanoma cancer to his liver and brain, spoke of his legacy and regrets, and flashed his megawatt smile as he let loose a few quips. He announced August 12 that surgery found cancer that has spread...

Five years ago, the prognosis for someone with advanced melanoma in the brain and liver would have been very poor, surgical oncologist Jeffrey Gershenwald, medical director of the Melanoma and Skin Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told the New York Times.

Former United States President Jimmy Carter revealed Thursday his cancer has now been spread to brain too that was first discovered as a tumor on his liver.

As an immunologic cancer treatment, Keytruda (pembrolizumab) offers hope to patients, such as former President Carter, who has metastatic melanoma.

I have got thousands of friends and I have had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence, ‘ Carter said.

Each of the spots is very small, “about two millimeters”, Carter said.

Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to publicly talk for the first time at 10 a.m. Thursday about his cancer diagnosis. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body”, Carter said in a statement released last week.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s announcement that he has cancer has raised more questions than answers – including the type of cancer he has, his treatment options, and if it is life-threatening.