http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2806074



UNC's Davis undergoes chemo for growth in mouth
Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina football coach Butch Davis is undergoing chemotherapy after a dentist removed a cancerous growth from his mouth.

"I know people are going to be concerned and everything, but it's going to be OK," Davis said Tuesday. "We're going to get through this and we're going to have a great season next fall."

Chemotherapy side effects
Chemotherapy just may be more notorious for its side effects than for its life-saving potential. Fortunately, after years of experience with chemo drugs, doctors and patients have found ways to manage common side effects. A few are outlined below.

Though chemotherapy drugs can cause dozens of unwelcome side effects, the trinity that usually comes to mind is:

• Fatigue
• Nausea
• Hair loss

Source: Webmd.com

Davis said he wasn't even aware he had a growth when he saw his dentist late last month in Cleveland for a routine cleaning. After the growth was removed, a biopsy diagnosed it as non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Subsequent exams found no evidence that the cancer has spread, but Davis said he is undergoing chemotherapy as a precaution. He had his first two-hour session last week, and will have between three and six more.

Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system and can occur most places in the body. The two main kinds are Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

"Like most people faced with cancer, the diagnosis came as a complete shock," Davis said. "However, the doctors have been thorough and have recommended a course of chemotherapy. As a result of all of the other tests, my general health has never been better."

The former Cleveland Browns and University of Miami coach was hired in November. He replaced the fired John Bunting, who had just one winning season in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels finished the 2006 season with a 3-9 record, winning their final two games.

Davis went 51-20 at Miami from 1995-2000, returning to national prominence a program saddled with severe scholarship reductions and a one-year postseason ban because of a lack of institutional control.

He left Miami in 2001 to coach the Cleveland Browns. The Miami team he left won the 2001 national title under Larry Coker and reached the championship game the following season. In the NFL, Davis went 24-35 before resigning in 2004.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

3/20/2007 4:59:13 PM

opps

3/20/2007 5:00:52 PM

I resisted the urge to make a joke about "growth in mouth"

3/20/2007 5:01:43 PM

i thought someone would have posted this 30 minutes ago

3/20/2007 5:05:26 PM

damn i don't wish that on anybody, not even him

3/20/2007 5:11:06 PM

much bigger than football and unc. good luck butch.

3/20/2007 5:35:45 PM

hmm.. does he dip?

3/20/2007 5:40:08 PM

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"much bigger than football and unc. good luck butch."

3/20/2007 5:41:15 PM

^^would be an interesting question, but

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"No link was found between NHL and usage of smokeless tobacco."

from the International Journal of Cancer last year.

3/20/2007 5:44:56 PM

much bigger than football, unc, and this freaking board.

Awful news, hope he is ok.

3/20/2007 5:45:41 PM

We seriously cannot say anything bad in this thread.

Someone from the UNC board will report us and call the cops

All joking aside though, I hope he gets through this.

We need some competition from UNC during the Tom O'brien era.

3/20/2007 5:52:02 PM

Yikes...get well Butch.


I'm looking forward to seeing he and TOB battle it out on the gridiron....for once both schools might be nationally ranked

3/20/2007 5:52:14 PM

i thought this was about the announcer bryan davis

3/20/2007 6:01:58 PM

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"All joking aside though, I hope he gets through this. We need some competition from UNC during the Tom O'brien era."

cause ya know, they haven't beaten us in forever . . . it's just been total domination huh?

3/20/2007 6:08:02 PM

Good luck butchy!

3/20/2007 6:13:19 PM

QUICK REPORT THIS THREAD TO WRAL SO THEY CAN MONITOR IT

3/20/2007 6:31:38 PM

^

that might make us look better

3/20/2007 7:12:22 PM

Get well, so that way I can dislike you proper for wearing that light blue

3/20/2007 8:09:02 PM

I guarantee some people are monitoring this thread.

3/20/2007 8:52:04 PM

i dont really feel one way or another about this

tons of people get cancer everyday and they arent in the news

3/20/2007 10:19:40 PM

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"No link was found between NHL and usage of smokeless tobacco."

of course not. hockey players don't have enough teeth to use dip...

3/20/2007 10:21:46 PM

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"Get well, so that way I can dislike you proper for wearing that light blue"

Exactly, I can't hate someone who has cancer

Get well soon Butch

3/20/2007 10:24:30 PM

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"i dont really feel one way or another about this tons of people get cancer everyday and they arent in the news"

i felt the same way about roy williams sister

it doenst help they are the enemies either

3/20/2007 10:31:01 PM

Jimmy V Foundation will cure his cancer if they quit sports all together.

[Edited on March 20, 2007 at 10:36 PM. Reason : Just kidding.]

3/20/2007 10:33:59 PM

Prayers to his family. So far everything looks good for him (no sign of spreading and such).

3/20/2007 10:49:43 PM

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""Get well, so that way I can dislike you proper for wearing that light blue""

I was looking for a good way to say this, and you summed it up, but as much as I hate that that pastel blue I can't wish this upon anyone. Get well soon.

3/20/2007 11:38:57 PM

Good Luck with this Butch, hope to see you on the field and cancer free, my father had the same type and I wish him all the best.

3/20/2007 11:44:57 PM

good luck butch

3/21/2007 1:05:18 AM

i agree with the fact that many people get this, I hopes that he heals and returns I say...atleast TOB will have more time to prepare than Butch. (going to hell)

3/21/2007 1:56:59 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/index there he is


i thought the poll question on that page is hilarious

3/28/2007 12:19:53 AM

what a waste of a poll. fucking stuart scott.

3/28/2007 12:43:17 AM

jesus christ, and people say there is no bias... that poll shoud read: Will UNC win 6 games this year?

3/28/2007 8:35:39 AM

i love how 15% of nevada thinks they will go to a bcs. they must know something we don't.

3/28/2007 9:56:44 AM

94% of people think UNC will NOT go to a BCS bowl in 2007

Course I wonder if anybody told ESPN that all the BCS games are played in January...aka in 2008

ps I hope Bitch Davis gets better so we can beat his team in football while he is 100% healthy

3/28/2007 10:18:45 AM

good luck Butch

3/28/2007 4:45:19 PM

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"i thought the poll question on that page is hilarious"

3/28/2007 4:48:56 PM

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"Course I wonder if anybody told ESPN that all the BCS games are played in January...aka in 2008 "

That's actually a good point.

Will the...say Orange Bowl trophy next year say 2008 Orange Bowl champions or 2007?

If it's 2008...lol @ ESPN

(I'm sure this is a really simple question I should know, but i'm not sure and can't look stuff up at work)


[Edited on March 28, 2007 at 4:50 PM. Reason : ]

3/28/2007 4:49:10 PM

i'm not positive about the engraving on the trophy

but the game itself is played in 2008

3/28/2007 5:16:58 PM