Jimmy Carter says brain cancer is gone

PLAINS, Ga. -- Former President Jimmy Carter told a church class Sunday that the cancer in his brain is gone.

PLAINS, Ga. -- Former President Jimmy Carter told a church class Sunday that the cancer in his brain is gone.

Carter made the statement at the beginning of the Sunday school class he was teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., NBC News reports.

"Went for an MRI this past week and they (doctors) didn't find any cancer at all in the brain," Carter said.

Carter later released a statement saying: 

My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones. I will continue to receive regular 3-week immunotherapy  treatments of pembrolizumab.

Back in August, Carter said doctors found four spots of melanoma on his brain. Later in that same month, Carter began a new drug, known as Keytruda, that had proved promising in other patients. "I'll be prepared for anything that comes," he said at the time.

Carter, 91, has remained active since the diagnosis. 11Alive was with him as he took part in a one-day build for Habitat for Humanity in Memphis. He talked to 11Alive's Brenda Wood about his treatment.

Doctors said last month that Carter has responded well to treatment, and that there were no signs the cancer was spreading. The Carter center did not mention anything specifically about the condition of the former President's liver cancer.