Full House star Dave Coulier is revealing a second cancer diagnosis.
If you don’t know, the 66-year-old Uncle Joey actor was diagnosed with stage 3 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in November 2024. In March of this year, Dave confirmed that a biopsy showed that he was cancer-free, five months after his initial diagnosis.
On Tuesday (December 2), he appeared on the Today show to confirm he now has a second cancer.
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He shared, “Totally unrelated to the previous cancer that I had. So in October of this year, I went in for a PET scan, just a routine check-up and something flared on the PET scan. It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue. So I said to the doctors, I said, ‘Well, did this happen because of the lymphoma?’ And they said, ‘Totally unrelated.’” A P16 squamous carcinoma is a type of head and neck cancer.
To treat this cancer, he has to go through 35 rounds of radiation, and said “I’ll be done through December 31.”
“Prognosis is very good for P16 squamous carcinoma. So it has a 90+ curability rate. But the thing that has really saved my life…is that early detection saved my life, not just the first time but the second time as well. So I hope you’re getting your checkups. I hope your colonoscopies and breast exams and prostate exams, they will save your life,” he added.
We’re wishing Dave all the best.
Source: justjared.com
