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Our stories

St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate for childhood cancer from 20% to 80%. Learn about our patients, the treatments and research and the inspirational stories that happen every day.

 

St. Jude patient Luna, with her dad

 
 

 Meet our patients

Read stories of courage and hope.

 

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Take a Virtual Tour of St. Jude

 
 

Explore our science

St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.

Learn more about our latest scientific advancements. Read Progress.


 

Read about our clinical care

St. Jude has some of the world's best survival rates for some of the most aggressive childhood cancers.

The bust of Danny  Thomas in the Danny Thomas Research Center at St. Jude

A bust of Danny Thomas on the St. Jude campus

 
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

St. Jude founder Danny Thomas

Read about our history and our founder, entertainer Danny Thomas.

 
 

 Making a difference

Meet the staff of St. Jude, who make our lifesaving mission possible.

Learn more about how our staff and volunteers make a difference at the hospital.


 Get inspired

St. Jude Inspire takes a deeper look into the stories of St. Jude.

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Finding cures. Saving children.®

 
 
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