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Jimmy Carter Is Trying a Brand-New Drug to Fight His Cancer

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Former President Jimmy Carter says he has melanoma that has spread to his liver and brain — but he’s fighting it with a drug so promising that its approval was fast-tracked last year.

Carter, 90, has already had his first infusion of the drug, known as Keytruda. It harnesses the immune system to fight melanoma that has spread through the body. Carter also told reporters he would undergo targeted radiation to his brain on Thursday afternoon.

“I’ll be prepared for anything that comes,” he said.

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President Carter: I Have Cancer Spots on My Brain

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Former President Jimmy Carter is slated to begin radiation treatment for several melanoma spots on his brain Thursday afternoon, he said at a news conference in Atlanta.

Carter, 90, told reporters he had a mass removed from his liver on Aug. 3, which he learned was melanoma.

“I’ll be prepared for anything that comes,” he said.

His family has a history of pancreatic cancer. His father, both his sisters and his brother died of pancreatic cancer, and his mother had pancreatic cancer as well.

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 Jimmy Carter to Begin Radiation to Treat Cancer

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