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Bachelorette alum Ali Fedotowsky Manno has given an update on her husband Kevin Manno’s thyroid cancer.
In January 2025, the couple revealed on Instagram that Kevin had been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer, describing it as “very treatable.” Kevin, now 42, had “two malignant spots on his right side” and the cancer appeared to be in “one lymph node.”
He underwent surgery in February to remove half of his thyroid.
On January 23, Ali, 41, shared in a post on his Instagram Story that Kevin “recently underwent a follow-up ultrasound as only half of his thyroid was removed when the cancer was removed.”
Fedotovsky-Manno wrote that a recent ultrasound revealed “areas that needed attention,” and admitted that she was “definitely worried because the ‘areas that needed attention’ were how we first discovered his thyroid cancer.”
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Unlike the recent discovery, Kevin’s cancer was first discovered in 2024 during a full-body Prenuvo scan, the couple said in an Instagram post in January 2025. Even though her blood tests were “perfect” and she had no symptoms, a scan revealed two spots on her thyroid.
His doctor then advised him to come back in a year for an on-the-spot test. An ultrasound revealed that the spot had “doubled in size.” A subsequent biopsy confirmed his diagnosis.
A few weeks later, he underwent surgery, and Ali posted a photo of him in the hospital on her Instagram beforehand.
“Kevin is heading into surgery. And in true @kevinmanno style, he’s making me and everyone around him laugh. We feel all your love. Thank you ❤️. This is @kevinmanno 💪🏻,” she captioned the photo.
Two weeks later, they announced that pathology test results were negative and Kevin was “officially” cancer-free.
The couple married in March 2017 and have two children, daughter Molly, 9, and son Riley, 7.
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The National Cancer Institute reports that there will be approximately 44,020 new cases of thyroid cancer in 2024, representing 2.2% of all new cancer cases.
Kevin said he had no symptoms at the time of his diagnosis, but thyroid cancer has several signs and symptoms that vary from patient to patient. Symptoms include a lump or nodule in the front of the neck, an enlarged thyroid gland, pain in the front of the neck that may extend to the ear, voice changes, difficulty breathing, a persistent cough, coughing up blood or difficulty swallowing, according to MD Anderson Cancer Center.
According to the American Thyroid Association, a neck exam is a “common way” for doctors to detect thyroid cancer. “Blood tests are generally not helpful in detecting thyroid cancer, and thyroid blood tests such as TSH are usually normal even when cancer is present,” the association notes.
