St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ® Quick Facts & Figures $ 0 Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food—because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Approximately 75% of the costs of St. Jude are covered by public contributions. 75 % Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since we opened more than 50 years ago. 20 % IN 1962 80 % TODAY St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Our purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children. ® St. Jude patient Jordyn, blood cancer St. Jude patient Townes, brain cancer St. Jude patient Jesus, desmoplastic small round cell tumor
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
Quick Facts & Figures
$0Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food—because all a family should worry about
is helping their child live.
Approximately 75% of the costs of St. Jude are covered by public contributions.75%
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the
overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20
percent to more than 80 percent since we
opened more than 50 years ago.
20% IN 1962
80% TODAY
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Our purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.®
St. Jude patient Jordyn, blood cancer
St. Jude patient Townes, brain cancer
St. Jude patient Jesus, desmoplastic small
round cell tumor
Help St. Jude continue our mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®
7,800 kids each year and provides hundreds of free consultations for doctors worldwide.
CHARITYBecause the majority of St. Jude funding
comes from individual contributors, St. Jude has
the freedom to focus on what matters most—
saving kids regardless of their financial situation.
THERE ARE GREAT HOSPITALS, RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS, AND CHARITIES.
AT ST. JUDE, WE ARE ALL
THREE.
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSt. Jude conducts
more clinical trials for cancer than any
other children’s hospital across the U.S.
and around the world.
Sydney receives most of her treatment at the affiliate in
Alabama, which is close to her home. She visits
St. Jude in Memphis for regular appointments.
ST. JUDE AFFILIATE
CLINICS
24 PARTNER SITES 17COUNTRIES
IN
St. Jude FREELY SHARES discoveries, so every child saved at St. Jude means doctors + scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.