Four-year-old Millie is undergoing treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90%, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude patients Esmeralda (from left), Brantley and Millie with St. Jude nurse Nour.
At St. Jude, Millie’s treatment has included radiation therapy and chemotherapy. She’s a sassy little girl who loves to play hide-and-seek with her doctor and nurses.
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Meet more patients
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Meet Sebastian
Nothing prepared Sebastian's family for the day they learned he suffered from a rare brain tumor. “We’re grateful there is a place like St. Jude,” said his mom.
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Meet Rylee
Rylee is an outgoing girl. When she started to complain that her left leg hurt, an MRI revealed a mass on Rylee’s femur, so her family turned to St. Jude.
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Meet Azalea
When Azalea's family learned she had rhabdomyosarcoma, they knew they wanted the best care for her. So they traveled from Jamaica to St. Jude to begin Azalea's treatment.
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Meet Brantley
Brantley is a playful little boy who is being treated at St. Jude for a type brain tumor called an anaplastic astrocytoma.
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Meet Keeton
Four-year-old Keeton hasn’t let cancer slow him down. Find out what St. Jude means to Keeton's family.
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Meet Damien
For several months, Damien was unwell. But when he started to lose his balance and experience headaches, his parents worried that it was something more serious.
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Meet Nick
St. Jude patient Nick never let cancer get in his way. Find out how he is raising money for St. Jude this September.
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Meet Kaelyn
After two-and-a-half years of treatment at St. Jude for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Kaelyn's cancer went into remission. Find out what she is doing now.
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Meet Da'Maya
Da'Maya's initial symptoms seemed minor. But after her mom, Sywanda, noticed she seemed sleepy in church, she became worried. A biopsy revealed cancer.
