St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Singer, Darius Rucker with St. Jude patients
Today, the treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% since the hospital first opened more than 50 years ago.
And we won't stop until no child dies of cancer.
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Your favorite celebrities are uniting in a movement to support St. Jude, and you can join too!
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Bon Jovi
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Toya Wright
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Reba
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Luis Fonsi
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Lamman Rucker
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Thomas Rhett
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Zac Brown Band
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Syleena Johnson
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Help provide family meals
Your gift can help provide a St. Jude family with meals for one day in the Kay Kafe, the St. Jude cafeteria, and give comfort during a difficult time.
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Help ease the cost of physical therapy and necessities
Children with life-threatening diseases like cancer may develop developmental, cognitive or physical impairments as a result of their illnesses and treatments. Physical therapy helps ensure every child treated here enjoys the highest quality of life possible.
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One red blood cell transfusion
Children undergoing treatment for cancer, sickle cell and other life-threatening diseases often need transfusions. Your gift can help St. Jude provide the best care and treatment for patients.
What I love most about St. Jude is, it's about curing kids. It's about giving kids a life to live, giving kids the ability to wake up tomorrow.
Learn more about our St. Jude patients:
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The Best Day Possible
The St. Jude Quality of Life for All team goes above and beyond to improve patients’ psychosocial, emotional, and symptom concerns.
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SJFAMILY: Shaking the Family Tree
Through the SJFAMILY study, St. Jude investigators explore why some cancers run in families and why certain people get more than one cancer.
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Play-based Preparation: Practice and Possibilities
Play-based preparation decreases sedation use and costs for children undergoing radiation therapy.
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Immunotherapy: Power from Within
A promising new therapy mobilizes a child’s immune system to help kill cancer cells.
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Survivor Tim Wigginton Is On Top of the World
This cancer survivor acquired tenacity and drive through his journey with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Medulloblastoma: The Pieces Snap Together
St. Jude scientists discover genes suspected to cause brain tumors in children. This discovery lays the foundation to expand targeted treatments.
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An Unwavering Partner in Pain Care
The St. Jude Pain Management Service is dedicated to easing the discomfort and distress of illness and treatments.
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Six More Reasons to Love St. Jude
Patients and families often praise St. Jude clinical care and research. Find out why they have even more reasons to love the hospital.
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Life After Treatment: My Legacy
A long-term cancer survivor shares his story of St. Jude, how cancer shaped his life, and what his life is like after remission.
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10 Things St. Jude Gave Me
The mom of a St. Jude patient reflects on what she received as a result of her child’s treatment journey.
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Never Have I
This poem is one of 30 written by St. Jude patient Deidra Abbott as part of her college’s senior seminar.
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Long Lives, Well Lived
Treatment changes extend the lives of childhood cancer survivors.
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Where Is He Now?
In 1998, the inaugural issue of Promise magazine featured 7-year-old Carlos Rodriguez. What is he doing today?
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Life after Treatment: Infinite Love and Gratitude
After pain, loss and incredible challenges: a life of joy, service and possibilities.
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St. Jude Biorepository: A Hope Chest of Cells
St. Jude patients donate tissue to the biorepository in hopes that their preserved biological samples will be used in groundbreaking cancer research.