By Lisa Respers France, NCS
(NCS) — Dave Coulier, who introduced final 12 months that he has blood cancer, says he’s additionally being handled for a second sort of cancer.
The “Full House” star disclosed his new diagnosis Tuesday on “Today,” saying he has an HPV-related oropharyngeal tongue cancer in October.
Coulier introduced in November 2024 that he had been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The 66-year-old mentioned his new cancer was found throughout a routine scan after going by seven months of chemotherapy.
“I went in for a PET scan, just a routine check up, and something flared on the PET scan,” Coulier informed “Today” co-anchor Craig Melvin. “It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue.”
Learning he had one other type of cancer, which is unrelated to his unique diagnosis, was “a shock to the system,” Coulier mentioned.
“It’s been a roller coaster,” Coulier mentioned.
According to the American Cancer Society, P16-positive cancer is attributable to an an infection with HPV-16, a sort of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV).
The star mentioned he’s been present process radiation therapy for it that may conclude on the finish of December.
Coulier mentioned the prognosis is nice as the brand new cancer has a excessive curability charge. He additionally credit early detection.
“Early detection saved my life, not just the first time, but the second time as well,” he mentioned.
In an try to find what if something could have contributed to him creating cancer, Coulier, who is understood finest for taking part in fun-loving Uncle Joey on the ’90s sitcom “Full House,” has helped discovered AwearMarket which is billed as “a digital marketplace for toxin-free wellness products.”
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