Former President Jimmy Carter announces cancer diagnosis

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Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday that he has cancer and will undergo treatment at an Atlanta hospital. The cancer, which the 90-year-old former president says has spread to other parts of his body, was discovered after he had a small mass removed from his liver earlier this month. Carter said he will make a more public statement next week once more details about his condition are known.

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Samantha Rollins
Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.