Melanoma that metastasizes to the brain used to be among cancer’s most dismal and deadly diagnoses. New treatments, including precise radiation and drugs that stimulate the immune system, are improving patients’ chances and may directly benefit former President Jimmy Carter.
Carter’s melanoma was discovered during surgery on his liver, he said last week. The cancer has spread, and Carter said Thursday at a press conference that he will be treated with radiation for four small metastases in the brain.’
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