Dave Coulier is facing another cancer battle, only months after he thought he had put the ordeal behind him. The Full House star revealed on the Today show that he has been diagnosed with tongue cancer, calling the news a “shock to the system.” He made it clear this wasn’t connected to the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma he beat earlier this year. “It’s totally unrelated to my non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This is a new cancer. I said, ‘Are you kidding me?’”
Doctors explained that the cancer may be linked to HPV, possibly contracted decades ago. Coulier said they told him the virus could have been “activated and turned into a carcinoma.” Even so, he is focusing on the positives. He described the cancer as “very treatable” with a “90 percent curability rate,” something he clings to as he starts treatment again.
