St. Jude pioneered a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to treat childhood cancers.

On Average, 5,400 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis. 

St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance.  No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay. 

St. Jude has increased the survival rate of the most common form of childhood cancer, ALL, from 4 percent when the hospital opened to 85 percent today.