St. Jude patient Monroe with his girlfriend, Victoria. Victoria was active in Team Up for St. Jude, even before Monroe became a St. Jude patient.
I truly don't believe any other place on Earth could've made me feel as safe or as comfortable as (St. Jude).
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Meet more patients
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Meet Gabby
Gabby is a toddler from Jamaica with a bright personality. When tests showed that Gabby could have a cancerous tumor, her mom turned to St. Jude for help.
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Meet Felicity
With a diagnosis of 5 tumors in her brain and spine, Felicity is facing a struggle, but you wouldn't know it by the constant smile on her face.
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Meet Ethan
Six-year-old Ethan was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2012. "We are so grateful for St. Jude," says his mom.
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Meet Esmeralda
Esmeralda is a playful, loving girl who loves to play with dolls. When she was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, her family turned to St. Jude.
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Meet Nova
Though Nova's eye cancer is aggressive and she is being treated for a second time, her parents know the doctors at St. Jude will stop at nothing to help their baby girl live.
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Meet Sofia, Ana and Sara
Sofia, Ana and Sara were destined to be friends. They came from different parts of the world to share in their fight together at St. Jude.
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Meet Luis and McKendree
McKendree and Luis found strength in their bond and joy in a shared love of music as they underwent treatment at St. Jude. Watch and share their video.
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Meet Riku
While treatment for medulloblastoma is a difficult journey for 4-year-old Riku, his parents, Noriko and Jun, are there to give him strength and support along the way.
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Meet Aspen
Aspen was not yet two when diagnosed with neuroblastoma. She was treated in the Philippines but six months later, the cancer was spreading so she was referred to St. Jude.
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Meet Ellee
Even though she felt so ill, St. Jude patient Ellee looked forward to one thing — receiving a daily dose of encouraging messages.
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Meet Ashtyn
When Ashtyn’s family learned she had a type of cancerous brain tumor called a medulloblastoma, they turned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Meet Abraham
After a CT scan revealed Abraham had a mass on his brain, identified as a cancerous brain tumor called a medulloblastoma, his family turned to St. Jude for help.
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Meet Kayla
Kayla endured two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy with grace and style. She ends it with a St. Jude tradition: the "No 'Mo Chemo" party.
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Meet Azalea
When Azalea was found to have rhabdomyosarcoma, her parents, Simone and Ricardo, traveled from Jamaica to St. Jude so Azalea would receive the best care.
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Meet Jordyn
A competitive gymnast, Jordyn's aches and pains were thought to be a sports injury. Then, she was found to have blood cancer.