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By Taylor Wofford
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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, who served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, has cancer, he said in a statement Wednesday.
"Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body," the 90-year-old Democrat and activist said. "I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare. A more complete public statement will be made when facts are known, possibly next week."
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Emory Healthcare is the largest system of hospitals in the state of Georgia.
In May, Carter cut short a trip to Guyana on behalf of his charitable NGO, the Carter Center, for health reasons.
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