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N.C. State's Yow back on chemotherapy
The Wolfpack women's basketball coach tells WRAL she has been on chemo for about six weeks.
Posted — UpdatedBy Dane Huffman
RALEIGH, N.C. — N.C. State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow is receiving chemotherapy again, she said Wednesday.
Yow told WRAL she resumed chemotherapy six weeks ago.
She said she is likely to be on chemotherapy for three to four months and then, if all progresses well, will return to hormonal treatments.
Asked about side effects of chemotherapy, she said, “You always have some, but I certainly have a head start on dealing with some of them.”
Overall, she said, “I’m doing well.”
Yow has been the head coach at N.C. State since 1975 but has battled breast cancer in recent years.
Four games into the 2006-07 season, Yow had to take a leave of absence because of progression in her breast cancer, originally diagnosis in 1987. She missed 16 games before returning to the bench in a Wolfpack win over Virginia on Jan. 26.
Last year, she had a remarkable season and coached throughout the year. N.C. State did not make the NCAA field, but made a run through the Women’s NIT to finish 21-13.
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