Former US president Jimmy Carter has cancer spots on his brain

August 20, 2015 22:44

Former US president and Nobel peace laureate Jimmy Carter announced today that doctors have found cancer spots on his brain and will begin radiation treatment immediately, saying he is "at ease with whatever comes."

Carter, 90, said doctors have found four spots of melanoma on his brain, and that he would immediately receive his first radiation treatment.

"I'm perfectly at ease with whatever comes," he said.

"They did an MRI and found that there were four spots of melanoma on my brain," Carter told reporters.

"I get my first radiation treatment for the melanoma in my brain this afternoon."

The cancer in Carter's liver was already removed during surgery. He said it was likely that more cancer will be found elsewhere in his body.

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