--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4252 og:image:height: 2392 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former President Jimmy Carter Says He Is Cancer-Free > Sponsored content. 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Dennis Van Tine—Geisler-Fotopres/AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:32 PM UTCPublished: Dec 6, 2015 5:32 PM UTC 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). “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/) 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. 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