--- title: Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free description: Former President Jimmy Carter is now cancer free, he announced Sunday morning. canonical: https://time.com/4137812/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-06T17:32:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T22:32:53.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free og:description: He had previously undergone treatment for melanoma in his brain and liver og:url: https://time.com/4137812/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9018a8a61fdddb1/698873f0a988ca8f2e6b5966/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 'Countdown To Zero: Defeating Disease' Preview - Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free twitter:description: He had previously undergone treatment for melanoma in his brain and liver twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9018a8a61fdddb1/698873f0a988ca8f2e6b5966/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:32 PM CUTPublished: Dec 6, 2015 5:32 PM CUT  Jimmy Carter at American Museum of Natural History on Jan. 12, 2015 in New York City. Jimmy Carter at American Museum of Natural History on Jan. 12, 2015 in New York City.Dennis Van Tine—Geisler-Fotopres/AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:32 PM CUTPublished: Dec 6, 2015 5:32 PM CUT Former President Jimmy Carter says he is now cancer-free. Carter, 91, announced the news at a Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., [NBC reports](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-jimmy-carter-says-cancer-brain-gone-n475056 "undefined"). “Went for an MRI this past week and \[doctors\] didn’t find any cancer at all in the brain,” he said. A statement from Carter sent out by his press secretary later on Sunday said, “My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones. I will continue to receive regular 3-week immunotherapy treatments of pembrolizumab.” Carter revealed in August that he would undergo treatment for melanoma in his brain and liver. “I was surprisingly at ease,” Carter [said in August](http://time.com/4004649/jimmy-carter-melanoma-cancer/ "undefined") of learning the diagnosis. “I’ve led a very wonderful life, an exciting, adventurous.. existence. So I was surprisingly at ease, much more so than my wife was. Now I’ll be prepared for anything that comes.” Carter was the 39th President of the United States. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4137812/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4137812/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/"},"headline":"Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free","datePublished":"2015-12-06T17:32:46.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T22:32:53.000Z","description":"He made the announcement at a church","url":"https://time.com/4137812/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/","keywords":["georgia","Cancer","health","Jimmy Carter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9018a8a61fdddb1/698873f0a988ca8f2e6b5966/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9018a8a61fdddb1/698873f0a988ca8f2e6b5966/jimmy-carter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'Countdown To Zero: Defeating Disease' Preview - Press Conference","caption":"'Countdown To Zero: Defeating Disease' Preview - Press Conference","creditText":"Dennis Van Tine—Geisler-Fotopres/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/georgia/","name":"georgia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4137812/jimmy-carter-cancer-free/","name":"Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free"}}]}] ```