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Former President Jimmy Carter Announces He Has Cancer

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs copies of his book "Full Life: Reflections at Ninety" at Barnes & Noble, 5th Avenue on July 7, 2015 in New York City. Carter was 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs copies of his book “Full Life: Reflections at Ninety” at Barnes & Noble, 5th Avenue on July 7, 2015 in New York City. Carter was 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

*Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday he has been diagnosed with cancer.

“Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body,” Carter said in a statement released by the Carter Center. “I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare.”

The statement underscores that Carter’s cancer is widely spread, but not where it originated, or even if that is known at this point. It said further information will be provided when more facts are known, “possibly next week.”

Carter announced on Aug. 3 that he had surgery to remove a small mass from his liver.

Carter, 90, was the nation’s 39th president. After leaving the White House, he founded the center in Atlanta in 1982 to promote health care, democracy and other issues globally.

Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo called the surgery earlier this month “elective” and said Carter’s “prognosis is excellent for a full recovery. She declined to answer further questions at the time.

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