"Gary Carter's battle against brain cancer took another turn for the worse yesterday, when he received more bad news from a recent MRI exam.

The test revealed the amount of tumors had increased, and the family will meet with more doctors soon to discuss what comes next.

The family received the results from Duke yesterday and learned there "are now several new spots/tumors on my dad's brain," Carter's daughter, Kimmy Bloemers, wrote on a family website yesterday. "I write these words with tears because I am so sad for my dad."

She also said Dr. Jimmy Harris was expected to go to Carter's house last night and "talk to the family about the next step.""