Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter plans to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis at a press conference.
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Yet with his father and his three siblings having died of pancreatic cancer, the disease has long been a concern for the Carter.
He has said the cancer spread throughout his body.
The 90-year-old from Plains, Ga. says he will rearrange his schedule so he can be treated at Emory Hospital. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body”, Carter said in a statement released last week.
Carter, 90, is expected to disclose details about his condition at a news conference at 10 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) at the non-profit center bearing his name in Atlanta. His initial statement said further information would be provided when more facts are known. His mother also had the disease. When the couple is in Plains, Carter frequently teaches a Sunday School class before services at Maranatha Baptist Church.
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Carter was the nation’s 39th president, advancing as a virtual unknown on the national stage to defeat President Gerald Ford in 1976. After leaving the White House, he founded the center in Atlanta in 1982 to promote health care, democracy and other issues globally. Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
