Football coach Butch Davis has lymphoma

Posted Mar 21, 2007

Butch Davis, North Carolina's first-year football coach, is undergoing chemotherapy for a small cancerous growth found in his mouth during a routine dental examination. A biopsy revealed that the growth was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Davis said he was encouraged by recent tests that indicate the cancer hasn't spread and is confident that, after chemotherapy, that his North Carolina coaching career will not be affected. (Winston-Salem Journal)

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