Jimmy Carter to Undergo Latest Immune Treatment for Brain Cancer
Jimmy Carter spoke plainly when he said Thursday that doctors had found “four spots of melanoma” on his brain. The 90-year-old former president was relaxed and matter-of-fact as he talked about the uncertainty he faces. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said.
Flanked by family members and friends at a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta, he detailed the treatments that he has already begun and will continue in coming weeks, including radiation and the IV infusions of a new type of anti-cancer drug that tries to harness the body’s immune system to fight the disease.
The brain lesions, each no larger that 2 millimeters, were discovered after an Aug. 3 operation at Emory University to remove a tumor from his liver. During the surgery, Carter said, doctors suspected that the cancer had originated in another part of his body and performed full-body scans.
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