Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter's brain 9 years ago. Here's how he's lived so long.
He had liver surgery earlier that month, and doctors identified four spots where the cancer had spread to his brain. If his diagnosis had come a few years earlier he would have been given about six months to live.
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The birthday tributes have already started for Jimmy Carter, who will turn 100 this Tuesday. They celebrate a lifetime of service to others. The Carter family gave Mark Strassman a unique glipmse into the former president's long life.
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