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St. Jude patients stories

Read stories of St. Jude patients living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases and learn more about how you can make a difference.

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Patient Adalyn sits with her mom in a hospital room

St. Jude patient Adalyn with her mom

 
 

Meet St. Jude kids:
Stories of childhood cancer and other pediatric diseases

Our patients are kids who dance, participate in sports, travel and everything in between. They come from all 50 states and around the world. Read about what makes them each a special kid and their journey through treatment of pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases at St. Jude.

 
 
 

Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food
— so they can focus on helping their child live.

 
 

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What is it like to be a patient of St. Jude?

Get a glimpse into life at St. Jude, and see what it's like for patients and their families to be at a hospital that goes beyond medical care and approaches treatment in a holistic way.

 
St. Jude Psycologist Elyse Heidelberg, PsyD talks with a family on a video call from her laptop

Experience St. Jude

Discover life inside St. Jude and the people who make it special.

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A St. Jude teacher works with a pateint in the School Program

School program

Learn about the St. Jude school program which helps ease kids' return to school.

Discover Our School Program

 
St. Jude patient Misheel surrounded by baloon animals with confettii falling on her

Celebrating at St. Jude

Learn how we celebrate milestones and create fun memories so our kids can be kids.

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Why support St. Jude?

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Families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.

 
 
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When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80% within the U.S., and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

 
 
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Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. When you support St. Jude, you help give kids with cancer around the world that chance. Together, we can save more lives.

 
 
 
 
St. Jude patient Charlie, diagnosed with ewing sarcoma, looking health and holding a picture of himself in during treatment

St. Jude patient Charlie, diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma

 

Help St. Jude cure childhood cancer

Because of your support, we can provide children cutting-edge treatments not covered by insurance, at no cost to families. Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors. Join us and be part of our mission to save more lives.

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