Myles Brand undergoing cancer treatment

The president of the NCAA,Myles Brand said Saturday that he had pancreatic cancer and that his long-term prognosis was not good.

Brand, 66 years old, has led the N.C.A.A., the governing body of college sports, since year 2003. He disclosed his condition in a written statement to colleagues on the final day of the N.C.A.A. convention in Oxon Hill, Md., which he was unable to attend. He said he learned of the diagnosis “very recently.”

“I am currently undergoing chemotherapy, and I am receiving excellent care.I will know in the next several months the success of this treatment.” Brand said in the statement.

Thursday’s state of the N.C.A.A. speech was delivered by Wally Renfro, the organization’s vice president. Renfro said Brand would remain in charge with no change in duties. Brand, the former president of Indiana, is perhaps best known for his dismissal of Bob Knight in 2000 for violating a “zero-tolerance” policy for misbehavior.