Jimmy Carter's doctors say he shows no signs of new cancer

Jimmy Carter's doctors say the former president, 91, is responding well to cancer treatment, his spokeswoman announced Tuesday.

In August, Carter shared that he had undergone surgery to remove melanoma from his liver, and doctors found four small tumors on his brain. He went through radiation treatment, and took four doses of Keytruda, a drug that helps the immune system find cancer cells in other parts of the body, The Associated Press reports. In a statement, spokeswoman Deanna Congileo revealed Carter's doctors at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute said "recent tests show there is no evidence of new malignancy, and his original problem is responding well to treatment."

Despite his health setback, Carter told AP he wasn't going to stop working at his human rights organization, The Carter Center. Since being diagnosed, he's also helped Habitat for Humanity build a home and acted as a mediator in a dispute between the children of Martin Luther King Jr.

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