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Doctors are reporting a new gain in breast cancer treatment. Some HER2 negative breast cancers are actually “HER2 low” and can benefit from a drug targeting the HER2 protein.

Jill Biden is promoting two of her passions: military families and cancer research.

Seven years after his death to cancer at age 18, a Minnesota singer-songwriter has returned to the top of the iTunes chart.

In February 2019, Jenna Kearny had a toddler, a 6-month old, and a new cancer diagnosis. “So, because of that I had to go through chemo and radiation,” said Kearney.   Friends told her about the Closer to Free Ride and Team Craft Beer. Not long after, with her husband’s support she joined her friends for the 65-mile ride.  …

Patients battling cancer continue to show their amazing strength as they ride in the Closer to Free Ride to help others.

A group called Team Craft Beer raised the most money of any group in last year’s Closer to Free Ride

“I’m not gonna lie, I’m on Team Craft Beer and a beer after you’ve ridden 60-70 miles, I don’t know much that tastes better than that,” said Closer to Free rider EJ Vongher. He sat at 30 Mile Brewing in Old Saybrook, describing the refreshing feeling after finishing the Closer to Free Ride. He’s completed them since 2015, and...

“I work at Smilow and literally this is my ride,” said Swani Schoberth-Wyckoff, proudly pointing to her Closer to Free Ride jersey. Schoberth-Wyckoff is an operating room nurse at Smilow Cancer Hospital. If you were to ask anyone at there about why the ride is important, she has a quick and sobering answer. “We are working at the Smilow OR….

Each year thousands of riders join the Closer to Free Ride to raise money for Smilow Cancer Hospital. And among those logging miles are some of the very people who help young cancer patients every day.

While thousands of volunteers, donors, and riders participate in Closer to Free because of their connection to Smilow Cancer Hospital, many just want to give back

On ride day for Closer to Free, the Melvin family from Guilford makes it a party of five, on wheels.   “It’s about resilience, it’s about defiance it’s about courage,” said Charlie Melvin. “It’s really everything that we want our family to be a part of.” Tara and Charlie, along with their identical twins Liam and Sean, and their...

A Guilford woman is taking on this year’s Closer To Free Ride for the first time in honor of her mother

“My mom probably could have done 65 miles without even blinking, so my mom would have been like ‘try to keep up with me!’” This year, Jessica Matthias is riding in Closer to Free for the first time, in honor of her mom, Pamela. “My mom was full of life. She loved to work out, to watch me play soccer,…

On September 12, the Closer to Free Ride will look much different this year. Organizers say the most responsible thing to do for survivors and other riders was to make it virtual. “It was especially tough knowing it was our 10th anniversary, this was expected to be our biggest turn out yet,” said Jessica Scheps of the Closer to Free…

Event organizers provided a sneak peek at the changes in store for this year’s virtual Closer to Free ride