“Full House” star Dave Coulier recently revealed that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that begins in the lymphatic system . He described the time frame from his diagnosis to receiving treatment as a “roller-coaster ride.” The 65-year-old actor and comedian, who portrayed Joey Gladstone — aka “Uncle Joey” — on the beloved sitcom “Full House” and later on the revival “Fuller House,” said during an appearance on NBC’s “Today” this week that his symptoms developed “very quickly.
” He was diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma five weeks prior, and he has since undergone three surgeries and one round of chemotherapy. He has what’s called B-cell lymphoma , a common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that refers to blood cancer in the lymphatic system. “It’s a very aggressive type of lymphoma,” he said.
The actor explained that he had a lymphoma in his groin area that grew to the size of a “golf ball” within days. He said he was advised to undergo chemotherapy after he had a biopsy on the enlarged lymph node. He later underwent a bone marrow biopsy to determine the stage of lymphoma and learned his cancer had not spread.
“At that point, the curability went up to 90-plus percent, so it’s very treatable,” he said, before adding that he is set to complete chemotherapy in February and that doctors told him he should be in “total remission” by that time. Coulier later emphasized that “early detection mea.