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WHY ST. JUDE? stjude.org St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, so doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save more children. St. Jude has the world’s best survival rates for some of the most aggressive childhood cancers. We’ve helped push childhood cancer survival rates from 20%–80% We won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. 24 partner sites countries 17 in

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WHYST. JUDE?

stjude.org

St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, so doctors and scientists worldwide can use

that knowledge to save more children.

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

We’ve helped push childhood cancer survival rates from

20%–80%We won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.

24partner sites countries

17in

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® is a national resource with a global mission.Join us in our lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

©2019 ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (BAM 709)

Artwork inspired by St. Jude patient Marzavion

St. Jude is all 3There are great children’s hospitals,research institutions and charities.

CHILDREN’SHOSPITAL

• First & only pediatric cancer center to be designated a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute.

• Nation’s first proton therapy center dedicated solely to children.

RESEARCHINSTITUTION

• Conducts more clinical trials for cancer than any other children’s hospital.

• First children’s hospital to make a major investment in pediatric cancer genome sequencing to unlock the secrets of childhood cancer.

CHARITY

• 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.

• Because the majority of funding comes from people like you, St. Jude has the freedom to focus on what matters most—saving kids regardless of their financial situation.