Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says cancer has spread to his brain


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Aug 2015

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter takes questions from the media during a news conference about his recent cancer diagnosis and treatment plans, at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia August 20, 2015. REUTERS/John Amis

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Thursday that his cancer has spread to his brain and he will start radiation treatment for it later in the day, adding that his fate was "in the hands of God."

Carter, 90, held a news conference on his condition barely a week after announcing he had undergone surgery for liver cancer.

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