‘Full House’ star Dave Coulier diagnosed with tongue cancer after beating lymphoma

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00:00You're also battling another cancer.

00:04Totally unrelated to the previous cancer that I had.

00:07So in October of this year, I went in for a PET scan, just a routine checkup.

00:13And something flared on the PET scan, and it turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue.

00:21So I said to the doctors, I said, well, did this happen because of the lymphoma?

00:24And they said, totally unrelated.

00:26So they said, well, now you're going to have to go through radiation.

00:28So I'm currently going through 35 radiation treatments.

00:32I'll be done, though, December 31st.

00:34Great way to bring in the new year.

00:36Ring in the new year.

00:37Hey.

00:37But the thing here is that.

00:40What's the prognosis?

00:41Prognosis is very good for P16 squamous carcinoma.

00:46So it has a 90 plus curability rate.