Jimmy Carter says he no longer needs cancer treatments
Source: Reuters
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday that he will no longer need treatment for melanoma, a type of skin cancer that had spread to his liver and brain, a spokeswoman said.
The 91-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner will continue to be observed by doctors, but will not need treatment with a promising immunotherapy drug that helps the body's immune system target cancer cells, said Deanna Congileo, spokeswoman for his nonprofit public policy center, the Carter Center.
Congileo told Reuters in an email that if doctors find that the former president's cancer returns, he will resume treatment at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute, where he received radiation and immunotherapy treatment from August 2015 through February, 2016. Doctors also surgically removed a portion of his liver where melanoma lesions were present.
The former president shared his news at a Sunday school class he teaches in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Congileo said.
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World | Sun Mar 6, 2016 5:02pm EST
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K&R
He was the first vote I ever cast.
some people, i tell you 
I drove halfway across the state today and listened to another CD of his autobiography in my car the whole way. I've finally gotten to the part where he's president. He sure has led a full life, his childhood in Georgia, his Navy service, his experiences taking over his father's farm after he died, his experiences running for (talk about "dirty tricks!"
and serving as State Senator, then governor. Fascinating stuff and I recommend it highly. So I feel like I spent the day with President Carter, have been a huge fan since 1976, and this is most welcome news! 
