Dave Coulier can likely ‘anticipate a full recovery’ amid battle against stage 3 cancer, says oncologist

Dave Coulier According to the oncologist, he can probably expect a positive result during his cancer journey Dr. Brian Hill.

Coulier, 65, announced on Wednesday, November 13, that he had been diagnosed stage III non-Hodgkin lymphoma last month. According to Hill, director of the Lymphoid Malignancies Program at the Cleveland Clinic, Coulier’s cancer can have a “90 percent cure rate.”

“That would not be the overall cure rate for this diagnosis. It would probably be closer to 70 to 80 percent on average,” Hill said exclusively We weekly on Thursday, November 14. “But within that average there are people with more favorable and unfavorable characteristics that could have influenced that determination somewhat.”

Hill defined non-Hodgkin lymphoma as “a collection of different diagnoses characterized by an abnormal cancer cell in the lymphatic system, usually something called a B cell.” He noted that “there are many different types” of lymphomas, which can affect how the disease is treated.

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“Some (diagnoses) are a little more aggressive and can make people sick quickly. Others are a bit slower or slower,” he said. “And so there are very effective treatments for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and a lot of this depends on the specific diagnosis.”

Coulier said People He was diagnosed on Wednesday after his lymph nodes swelled due to an upper respiratory infection, with one area becoming the size of a golf ball. According to Hill, the Full house alum could have ‘diffuse large B-cell lymphoma’, the ‘most common’ form of the disease.

“This is actually curable if that is the diagnosis, in the sense that treatments, usually medications, chemotherapy, medications that go throughout the body, can in many cases eliminate all the lymphoma in the body,” he said. “That doesn’t always happen, and if it doesn’t happen on the first try, there are other treatments that can also be effective in subsequent lines of therapy.”

During a performance at the Today On Wednesday, Coulier revealed that he has completed one round of chemotherapy and has undergone three surgeries so far. He said he could be in “total remission” by February 2025 if treatment goes as planned.

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Hill confirmed that “five or six months” of chemotherapy is common for patients with lymphoma, adding: “For a young person like him, who is presumably otherwise healthy, those side effects are generally manageable. (As for next steps) he is in complete remission. We expect a full recovery.”

He continued: “For most of these aggressive B-cell lymphomas, when we get into remission, it tends to stay there. Now, of course, there may be exceptions, but if that happens, there are new and exciting ways to treat it in that case too.”

While a respiratory infection ultimately led to Coulier discovering his diagnosis, Hill said Us that there are not many preventive measures for lymphoma besides a healthy lifestyle.

“Maintaining high levels of physical activity helps all cancer patients live longer. And that is sometimes easier said than done if you experience side effects from the treatment,” he explained. “But ultimately, once you’re done with treatment and can recover, maintaining a very active lifestyle is probably the best medicine.”

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Coulier famously played Joey Gladstone in all eight seasons Full house from 1987 to 1995. During a conversation with People Coulier said Wednesday that he received “immediate” reactions when he shared his cancer news with his former co-stars via a group text.

“It was just this outpouring of, ‘I’ll be there. Just name the time, and I know you’ll be in good hands with (woman Melissa Bring), but what can we do? ” he said. “It’s really overwhelming how much love we have for each other. We’ve been there for each other for so many years, and it’s pretty remarkable.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi