BREAKING NEWS: FORMER US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SAYS HIS BRAIN CANCER IS GONE

Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that his brain cancer is gone, US media report.

The 91-year-old made the announcement during a Sunday school class in Plains, Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) newspaper said.

Mr Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981 and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, announced his illness in August.

Last month, Mr Carter said he was responding well to treatment and there were no signs of further cancer growth.


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Jill Stuckey, a member of the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, told AJC that Mr Carter was teaching the class of about 350 people when he made the announcement.


"He said he got a scan this week and the cancer was gone," she said.

"The church, everybody here, just erupted in applause."
Human rights advocate

US broadcaster NBC quoted Mr Carter as saying: "Went for an MRI this past week and they (doctors) didn't find any cancer at all in the brain."

After leaving the White House, Mr Carter founded the Carter Center, which focuses on human-rights efforts and political mediation.

He has remained active with the centre ever since.

Mr Carter - a Georgia Democrat - won the Nobel Peace prize for his commitment to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts and his work with human rights and democracy initiatives.


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