Fans of Full House were rejoicing recently when it was announced that Dave Coulier had been pronounced cancer free after a 6-month fight with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Back in October 2024, he announced he had been diagnosed with a form of cancer of the lymphatic system after noticing an outsized lymph node that swelled to the size of a golf ball after he was ill from an otherwise benign virus.
At the time, all his PET scans and labs looked normal, but his doctors biopsied the lymph node just to be safe and found stage 3 non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma. B-cell lymphomas account for the large majority of non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
While Coulier was at stage 3, he had a good prognosis because it was found that the cancer had not yet reached his bone marrow when they caught it. He started chemo and only slightly backed off activities, mostly hockey due to needing to not injure the port site for his chemo regiment.
He was not new to cancer in the family, with multiple family members with terminal breast cancer diagnoses passing before they were 40. He said that his cancer, with its good prognosis, was an easier diagnosis to swallow.
He still advocates being proactive about screening, however.
“The one thing that just kept presenting itself to me was to tell other people about it. Talk to them about getting something as simple as pre-screening or a breast exam, mammogram, a colonoscopy or a prostate exam."
"It’s a really simple thing to do and it can add years to your life.”
His Full House costar and longtime friend John Stamos also posted.
People were elated to hear the news.
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Cancer survivors were overjoyed to welcome him to the club.
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Some people assured him that Bob Saget, who died in early 2022, was with him in his fight.
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Kelly Rizzo, Saget's wife at the time of his death, chimed in.
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Folks congratulated him on winning this fight.
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Coulier became a grandfather just days before announcing he was free from cancer. His son Luc had a son on March 27th, 2025. Congratulations all around!
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