ATLANTA (AP) — The latest on Jimmy Carter’s first public comments since announcing his cancer diagnosis (all times local):
10:10 a.m.
Former President Jimmy Carter says cancer that first was discovered as a tumor on his liver also is on his brain, and he will undergo radiation treatment.
Carter said Thursday at a news conference in his first public remarks since his diagnosis that he would undergo the first treatment later that day.
Carter also says he will cut back “fairly dramatically” on his work at the Carter Center.
Carter says a tumor showed up in an MRI after he sought treatment at Emory hospital in Atlanta. He says he first felt sick while he was in Guyana in May to monitor an election.
He says he underwent surgery to remove the tumor on his liver on Aug. 3.
9:55 a.m.
Ahead of a news conference for Jimmy Carter to publicly discuss his recent cancer diagnosis for the first time, his family has gathered and a single chair is placed behind a cloth-covered table, presumably for the former president to give his remarks.
Carter Center officials and members of the Carter family, including his grandson Jason Carter, are seated Thursday morning in the first reserved row, divided from reporters by blue ropes. The news conference is to begin at 10 a.m. at the Cater Center. Staffers also are gathered in an upstairs balcony.
The event is closed to the public.
The 90-year-old announced this month that recent liver surgery found cancer that has spread to other parts of his body. The three-sentence statement didn’t identify the type of cancer or where it originated.
Carter was the nation’s 39th president, defeating Gerald Ford in 1976. Ronald Reagan succeeded him in 1980 after a landslide victory. Carter rebuilt his career as a humanitarian.
4:20 a.m.
Former President Jimmy Carter plans to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis for the first time since announcing his illness.
Carter is scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday morning in Atlanta. The event is closed to the public.
The 90-year-old announced this month that recent liver surgery found cancer that has spread to other parts of his body. The three-sentence statement didn’t identify the type of cancer or where it originated.
Carter was the nation’s 39th president, defeating Gerald Ford in 1976. Ronald Reagan succeeded him in 1980 after a landslide victory. Carter rebuilt his career as a humanitarian, founding the Carter Center in 1982 to focus on global health care and democracy. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
