Dave Coulier in Remission From Tongue Cancer One Year After Beating Stage 3 Lymphoma: ‘It’s Been a Roller Coaster’

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• And what a journey this has been.” Related Stories CBS News Ready to Unveil Delayed '60 Minutes' Report That Pit Correspondent Against Chief Bari Weiss to CBS News Staff: 'I Am Here to Make CBS News Fit for Purpose in the 21st Century' View this post on Instagram Coulier was diagnosed with P16 squamous carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer, when doctors noticed a flare-up on the base of his tongue during a routine check-up and PET scan.
• (Doctors told him the tongue cancer was “totally unrelated” to his recent bout with lymphoma.) Coulier assured fans in December that his prognosis was far better — “a 90% curability rate” — than his first cancer treatment.
• He underwent 35 rounds of radiation, which were completed on Dec.
• 31.
• Popular on Variety Coulier said his back-to-back cancer journey has inspired him to push others to stay on top of their health, adding that “even though I’m in remission, I feel like cancer is always in the rearview mirror.” “I never wanted to be the poster boy for cancer, believe me,” Coulier said to “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts.