NEW YORK -- Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday that he has cancer and that it has spread. The 90-year-old said he will be getting treatment at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta.
President Carter announced on August 3 that he had a procedure "to remove a small mass in his liver." In a statement released Tuesday, Carter said the surgery revealed the cancer.
Mr. Carter has a strong family history of pancreatic cancer. His three siblings and father died from it.
Family history is important to consider because it increases his chance of getting it himself. In fact, one study found that people with three or more close relatives with pancreatic cancer had a 57 times increased chance of getting it themselves.
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