{"id":10849,"date":"2026-07-19T21:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10849"},"modified":"2026-07-19T21:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:06:37","slug":"rhoc-alum-jeana-keough-70-diagnosed-with-tongue-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10849","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;RHOC&#8217; alum Jeana Keough, 70, diagnosed with tongue cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F134877979.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d alum Jeana Keough was diagnosed with tongue cancer, her daughter, Kara, revealed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few months ago, while visiting Shane and me in Florida, my mom mentioned a painful spot on her tongue,\u201d Kara, 37, wrote via a GoFundMe dedicated to paying for the TV personality\u2019s treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe assumed a tooth had been rubbing against it and had even gone to the dentist multiple times to have the tooth filed down.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d alum Jeana Keough (seen above in 2007) was diagnosed with tongue cancer. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">According to a GoFundMe by the Bravo alum\u2019s daughter, Kara, Keough learned about the cancer a few months ago. after complaining about a sore on her tongue. (Photographed above: Keough on \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d in 2015.) <span class=\"credit\">Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>When Kara asked Keough, 70, how long the sore had been on her tongue, the latter \u201cpaused, thought about it, and realized it had been nearly a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA biopsy confirmed our worst fear: squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue,\u201d she wrote, explaining that the reality star has since undergone two surgeries, one to remove the cancer and another to \u201cremove lymph nodes.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, after the second surgery, doctors noticed that the cancer had spread.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cShe assumed a tooth had been rubbing against it and had even gone to the dentist multiple times to have the tooth filed down,\u201d Kara wrote. (Seen above: Keough in a 2008 photoshoot for \u201cRHOC.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cA biopsy confirmed our worst fear: squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue,\u201d Kara added. (Seen here: Lauri Waring, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Gretchen Rossi, and Tamra Barney during a \u201cRHOC\u201d photoshoot in 2008.) <span class=\"credit\">Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat we thought would be a one-time surgery became a full cancer battle,\u201d Kara added. \u201cJeana is now in her fifth week of chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe treatments are relentless. She is exhausted, struggling to stay awake, and becoming malnourished because the pain in her tongue and throat makes swallowing even the smallest bites or sips incredibly difficult. Every day is a battle just to get enough nutrition and hydration to continue treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kara explained the Bravo alum has been unable to work her commission-based job and has lost a massive amount of income.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"\/>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Bravo\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more 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