“Even though I’m in remission, I feel like cancer’s always in the rear-view mirror behind me,” the comedian admitted.

Dave Coulier announces his tongue cancer is in remission after beating non-Hodgkin lymphoma

"Even though I'm in remission, I feel like cancer's always in the rear-view mirror behind me," the comedian admitted.

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Dave Coulier is bringing good news in the new year! Two months after the *Full House* alum revealed his tongue cancer diagnosis, Coulier is sharing that he's officially in remission.

"It's been a roller coaster ride for sure," Coulier said during an appearance on Good Morning America on Wednesday. "I'm in remission with both cancers. And what a journey this has been."

The 66-year-old shared in December that he had been diagnosed with early-stage P16 carcinoma, or oropharyngeal tongue cancer, in October. The news came one year after he finished treatment for another type of cancer — Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

"I went in for a PET scan, just a routine check-up and something flared on the PET scan," Coulier explained at the time. "It turned out that I have P16 squamous carcinoma at the base of my tongue. So I said to the doctors, I said, 'Well, did this happen because of the lymphoma?' And they said, 'Totally unrelated.'"

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The actor and comedian, who played avuncular jokester Joey Gladstone on the beloved ABC sitcom and its Netflix revival, *Fuller House*, shared that he would once again undergo radiation therapy — 35 treatments, which will last through the end of the year — in total in hopes of a similar recovery.**

"[Radiation] has totally different side effects. It can steal parts of your life away from you, psychologically, emotionally and certainly physically," Coulier told fellow cancer survivor Robin Roberts of the experience. "And I wasn't going to allow cancer to do that. I was going to laugh my way through it and keep the people that I love close to me. And that helps."

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Coulier credited his family and close friends like *Full House* co-star John Stamos for supporting him along his cancer journey and helping him maintain a positive mindset to get through it.

"My wife, Melissa, has been amazing through all of this. I just love her to death," Coulier said. "And John flew into Michigan, came and visited us and made me laugh. He's my brother. He wore a bald cap, and when he came around the corner, dressed like that, I dropped to the floor laughing. And he got COVID while he was staying with us. [We were] like two fifth-graders sitting in the hallway, talking to each other with walkie-talkies."

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Having experienced the cancer journey twice, and now in remission, Coulier said he hopes to encourage others to pay attention to their health and prioritize early detection with regular checkups.

"I never wanted to be the poster boy for cancer, believe me. But now I feel like I can encourage people to get those prostate exams and mammograms. Talk to your doctors and get ahead of this," he said. "Even though I'm in remission, I feel like cancer's always in the rear-view mirror behind me. 'Ehh, you trying to pass me here?' So early detection really means everything."

Watch Coulier's interview on *Good Morning America* above.**

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