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Danny Thomas's Dream - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened its doors in 1962.
St. Jude's is now recognized as one of the world's premier centers for study and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children.
St. Jude has the only NCI (National Cancer Institutes) funded cancer center devoted solely to pediatric cancer, focusing on
pediatric leukemias, solid tumor forms of cancer, infectious diseases and biomedical research.
St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from more than 70 foreign countries. All were accepted
by physician referral because the children had newly diagnosed diseases that were under research at St. Jude.
Ability to pay has not been an issue for admittance for one single patient. St. Jude is the only pediatric research center
where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.
St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center that fully pays for lodging, food, and travel for patients and their
families.
St. Jude's fund raising has consistently delivered an average of 86 cents of every dollar received
directly to research, patient care, education, and training.
St. Jude's Website
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