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Jimmy Carter to have cancer treatment | Jimmy Carter to have cancer treatment |
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Former US President Jimmy Carter has revealed he is to be treated for cancerous tumours on the brain, in his first public comments on his illness. | Former US President Jimmy Carter has revealed he is to be treated for cancerous tumours on the brain, in his first public comments on his illness. |
Mr Carter said he would start his radiation treatment later on Thursday. | Mr Carter said he would start his radiation treatment later on Thursday. |
Mr Carter, 90, was recently treated for liver cancer, after which it was discovered the disease had spread. | |
He said he would "cut back fairly dramatically" on public works. "It is in the hands of God and I am prepared for anything that comes," he said. | He said he would "cut back fairly dramatically" on public works. "It is in the hands of God and I am prepared for anything that comes," he said. |
A Democrat from Georgia, Mr Carter was a relative unknown in the US political world when he was elected president in 1976. He served from 1977 to 1981. | |
'No pain' | |
Mr Carter told a press conference on Thursday he had at first thought the cancer was confined to his liver and that an operation this month had completely removed it. | |
But an MRI scan the same afternoon showed four spots of melanoma on the brain. | |
"I just thought I had a few weeks left, but I was surprisingly at ease. I've had a wonderful life," he said. | |
"I have got thousands of friends and I have had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence." | |
Mr Carter said it was likely doctors would find cancer elsewhere in his body as his treatment continued. | |
But he said: "I feel very good. I have had no pain or debility." | |
Melanoma | |
Source: American Cancer Society | |
Since leaving the White House in 1981, Mr Carter has remained active, carrying out humanitarian work with his Carter Center in recent years. | |
Mr Carter's health has been closely watched this year. | Mr Carter's health has been closely watched this year. |
In May, he returned early from a trip to observe elections in Guyana because he was "not feeling well". | In May, he returned early from a trip to observe elections in Guyana because he was "not feeling well". |
Mr Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. |