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Dave Coulier Reveals He Has Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: ‘I'm Going to Be Strong Throughout This’

Dave Coulier was shocked to learn he has stage 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He opens up to PEOPLE exclusively about his diagnosis and how he has been leaning on family and humor through his cancer journey.

The Full House actor, 65, tells PEOPLE exclusively he was diagnosed in October after an upper respiratory infection caused major swelling in his lymph nodes. As his swelling increased rapidly, with one area growing to the size of a golf ball, he says his doctor advised PET and CT scans as well as a biopsy, which ultimately gave him news that changed his life. “We all kind of put our heads together and said, ‘Okay, where are we going?’ And they had a very specific plan for how they were going to treat this,” he says, noting that a bright spot in his diagnosis was when his bone marrow test came back negative.

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