Dave Coulier Diagnosed With Tongue Cancer After Beating Lymphoma

Former Full House star Dave Coulier received a new cancer diagnosis just months after defeating Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The 66-year-old actor revealed Tuesday on TODAY that he has P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of his tongue. “In October of this year, I went in for a PET scan, just a routine check-up and something flared on the PET scan,” Coulier explained. “It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue. I said to the doctors, ‘Well, did this happen because of the lymphoma?’ And they said, ‘Totally unrelated."” Coulier will undergo 35 radiation treatments and remains optimistic about his 90% curability rate. “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,” he stated. (Story URL)