Viva Jimmy Carter: New treatment for brain cancer aids former president

One of the most dismal diagnoses a person could ever receive is a malignant brain tumor. Mortality rates have been exceedingly high.

As of August 2016, one year after first treatment, former president Jimmy Carter remains in remission and says he feels very good.

NBC News explains his treatment.

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