Dave Coulier Diagnosed with a Second Type of Cancer
Dave Coulier, who played Joey on Full House, has been diagnosed with a second type of cancer, just seven months after he completed treatment for Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “A couple of months ago, I had a PET scan, and something flared on the scan,” the Full House actor told the TODAY show on December 2. “The doctor said, ‘We don’t know what it is, but there’s something at the base of your tongue.’” After several tests and assessments, with the most recent one happening in October, he learned that he had cancer again; this time, they found P16-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a type of tongue cancer. “They said it’s totally unrelated to my non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This is a new cancer. … I said, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Coulier shared. Thankfully, he’s almost done with treatment. “We found it early enough where it’s very treatable. … It’s got a 90% curability rate,” says Coulier, who’ll be undergoing treatment until the end of the year. “The doctor said the prognosis is good, but we’re going to start radiation immediately.”
Earlier this year, Coulier celebrated his final treatment for his Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma with his former castmates. “We’re a family, and so we get these text strings, and it’s always funny, and that keeps us connected,” Coulier shared of his Full House friends’ support on March 31. “And, you know, Candace [Cameron Bure] has FaceTimed me a couple of times, and Lori [Loughlin] has FaceTimed me a couple times. John [Stamos] FaceTimes me like every day. We’re very close. I love them all so dearly.” He first shared his diagnosis on November 24 and, since then, has become an advocate for testing and early detection. “The silver lining here is that I had cancer, which helped me detect my other cancer. It seems crazy to be making that statement, but it’s true,” he concluded.
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