Danbury Mayor Alves Kicks Cancer

DANBURY, CT — Mayor Roberto Alves took to social media Tuesday to inform city residents he had kicked cancer.

Alves had been diagnosed with late-stage Large B-Cell Lymphoma in August, he told reporters in September, and was undergoing chemotherapy. Yesterday, he announced that after four treatments, a PET scan determined the cancer was "untraceable" in his body.

"They couldn't see the signs of cancer," Alves, 42, said in a Facebook video. "What is here is probably at a microscopic level, [which is] why I'm continuing my treatment, but going into the holidays, the joy it brings my family, my friends, the folks who have fought this with me, because I have not fought this by myself …It means so much to us and our community, the greater Danbury community, the community in Connecticut, not just [in] my role as mayor of a role as state party chair, [but] as a brother, a son, a father, a husband, a friend, best friend, colleague."

Alves, who was named Chair of the Connecticut Democratic Party in November 2024, said he still had a "bumpy road" to travel for the next month and a half as he finished chemotherapy treatments and his body would be at its weakest, and he asked the community for its prayers:

"But not just for me, for everybody else fighting this right now, I've met so many people along my journey. This has been inspiring, in a way, getting to see what people go through and help others grow as a person."