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Published: Apr 14, 2007 12:00 AM
Modified: Apr 14, 2007 03:22 AM

Davis near end of chemo

UNC coach doing well in treatment

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CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina coach Butch Davis may have lost his hair, but he hasn't lost his vitality.

"I feel great," Davis said Thursday. He is undergoing precautionary chemotherapy treatments after a cancerous growth was removed from his mouth.

Davis, who started the treatments on March 16, was scheduled to undergo another one Friday. His last one, he said, will be in two weeks. "And then I'll be done with the chemo,'' he said.

After disclosing information about his treatments last month, Davis asked not to be questioned about his health, preferring to focus on his first spring at Carolina.

He said then his prognosis was good because after the growth, which tested positive for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, was removed and extensive tests showed no signs of cancer throughout his body.

Doctors suggested the chemotherapy as a just-in-case measure, and Davis continued to coach throughout spring practice.

"I didn't know what to expect," he said when asked if the treatments had gone as well as he had hoped. "I have been more than pleased ... [and] feeling great."

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