Dave Coulier Diagnosed with Tongue Cancer After Beating Lymphoma

Dave Coulier, the 66-year-old actor best known for his role as Uncle Joey on the sitcom Full House, announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with P16 squamous carcinoma, a form of tongue cancer located at the base of his tongue. The diagnosis came in October during a routine PET scan, just seven months after he completed treatment for Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma and was declared cancer-free.

Coulier shared the news during an appearance on NBC's Today show, where he described the discovery as a complete surprise. "A couple of months ago, I had a PET scan, and something flared on the scan," he told host Craig Melvin. "The doctor said, 'We don't know what it is, but there's something at the base of your tongue.'" Follow-up biopsies, a CT scan, and an MRI confirmed the early-stage oropharyngeal cancer, which doctors determined is unrelated to his previous lymphoma diagnosis. Coulier recalled asking his medical team if the two conditions were connected, only to hear, "Totally unrelated."

The cancer is linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a common virus that Coulier said he may have contracted up to 30 years ago. "A lot of people carry the HPV virus, but they said mine...