""What the former president has, he said, is melanoma..."

Jimmy Carter Cancer Spreads

Jimmy Carter 'at ease' as he prepares for first radiation treatment on cancer spots on brain.

"What the former president has, he said, is melanoma, and experts say his lifelong activities may have increased his risk for skin cancer. He lives in the South, is fair-skinned and freckled, and through Habitat for Humanity and travel, has spent a lot of time outdoors, noted Dr. Anna Pavlick, co-director of the melanoma program at NYU's Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center."