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By Michele Gorman
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Former U.S. President James "Jimmy" Carter said he no longer needs cancer treatment, less than seven months after doctors diagnosed him with the skin cancer melanoma.
The 91-year-old made his announcement during a Sunday School class at his hometown church in Georgia, saying he will resume treatment if the cancer returns.
"I had an MRI...and then the doctors determined that I didn't need any more treatments," Carter said over the weekend. "So I'm not going to have any more treatments."
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Doctors diagnosed Carter with cancer last August after they discovered melanoma in a small sample of his liver. The skin cancer had spread to his liver, as well as four spots in his brain.
He underwent radiation and regular doses of Keytruda, a new treatment that harnesses a patient's immune system to target cancer cells. His most recent news reiterated his announcement in December that there wasn't evidence of new malignancy in his body.
A Democrat, Carter served as the 39th president of the U.S. from 1977 until 1981.
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