Donations help drive liver cancer research
When you make a donation to St. Jude you are helping provide care for some of the world's sickest children, including those diagnosed with liver cancer. Your support is contributing to our lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.Ⓡ Your donation could support research and help provide children cutting-edge treatments not covered by insurance, at no cost to families.
St. Jude patient Jeritza with here mom
What is liver cancer?
Liver cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in liver cells. The liver is located in the upper right part of the abdomen and is responsible for making bile, storing glycogen and filtering out harmful substances from the blood.
What types of liver cancer does St. Jude treat?
● Hepatocellular Carcinoma: This type of liver cancer usually affects people whose livers have been under extra strain because of long-term infections or metabolic diseases, or prolonged use of certain drugs.
● Hepatoblastoma: This type of liver cancer is usually found in babies and children up to age 3. It’s a rare type of cancer, diagnosed in fewer than one in a million children.
St. Jude Patient Jeritza
How liver cancer research donations help support St. Jude
The liver is our largest internal organ and has hundreds of vital functions. Here at St. Jude, we have the Zhu Lab and a team dedicated to liver cancer research. Our goal is to uncover how liver-tumor interactions contribute to the development of liver cancer as well as drug responses in both children and adults.
Unlike other hospitals, a majority of the funding for St. Jude comes from our generous donors. These gifts help us provide cutting-edge treatment, and families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
Your help supports patients like Jeritza
In 2024, Jeritza's family was told that the little girl had stage four hepatoblastoma, a rare pediatric liver cancer. She started chemo in the Dominican Republic near home, but soon after her doctors refered her to St. Jude for additional treatment options.
She is now back home, reuniting with yer younger brother.
“There are no words," said he mom, Yeremi, "just deep gratitude to St. Jude for giving me peace, comfort and making me feel at home. With its people, with its doctors — St. Jude is everything.
St. Jude Patient Jeritza
How to make a liver cancer research donation
There are a few ways to donate to liver cancer research and treatments for this and other cancers and life-threatening diseases at St. Jude:
- Make a one-time donation online or via mail. You can also dedicate that donation to someone with a memorial gift.
- Become a St. Jude Partner in Hope when you commit to monthly gifts.
- Explore workplace giving methods, like seeing if your employer has a matching gift program.
- Consider leaving some of your assets to St. Jude with planned gifts through your will or bequest.
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