About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Eighty-five cents of every dollar received supports the research and treatment at St. Jude No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. St. Jude pays for everything - food, travel, and lodging. St. Jude impacts the lives of children in communities across America. St. Jude impacts the lives of children in communities across America. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. Children from all 50 states and around the world have come through the doors of St. Jude for treatment, and thousands more around the world have benefited from the research conducted at St. Jude - research that is shared freely with the global medical community. Working together, our physicians and scientists have pioneered treatments that have helped push the overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent in 1962 to more than 70 percent today. The survival rate for the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has risen from just 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more information, please visit www.stjude.org.