Former President Jimmy Carter will discuss his cancer diagnosis at a Thursday press conference at the Carter Center in his first public remarks since revealing he had the disease last week.
The 90-year-old Georgia native, who has carved out an equally enduring legacy outside the White House as inside it, is expected to speak frankly before a bank of television cameras and national reporters about his course of treatment.
Carter said he would rearrange his schedule so he can be treated at Emory University Hospital.
Speculation about Carter’s prognosis has grown since he released a three-sentence statement on Aug. 12 revealing that recent surgery to remove a small mass on his liver this month revealed he had cancer elsewhere in his body. He did not elaborate on where the cancer originated or how widespread it is.
The Georgia native recently finished a nationwide tour for his latest book, “A Full Life: Reflections at 90.” On Aug. 3, days after the tour ended, the Carter Center said the former president had “elective” surgery to remove the mass from his liver.
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