What type of patients does St. Jude treat?
St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and related life-threatening diseases. We take the toughest cases. This often includes children who do not respond well to standard treatments.
Who pays for treatment at St. Jude?
Further, ProPublica found, a substantial portion of the cost for treatment is paid not by St. Jude but by families' private insurance or by Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income families. About 90% of patients are insured, bringing in more than $100 million in reimbursements for treatment a year.
Does St. Jude treat foreign patients?
St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world. Our hospital may be located in Memphis, Tenn., but our impact is felt worldwide.
Does St. Jude just treat cancer?
Diseases Treated at St. Jude. St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and related life-threatening diseases.
What is St. Jude's cure rate?
"St. Jude Projects 90 Percent Cure Rate For Childhood Cancer Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia." ScienceDaily.
How much does the CEO of St. Jude's make a year?
Jude Medical CEO Starks pay rises to $6.7 million.
How are patients selected for St. Jude's?
Patient Admission: Admission is based on the patient's eligibility for an ongoing treatment study, regardless of a patient's race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality or ability to pay. Parents wishing to have their child treated at St. Jude must have the child's referring physician contact St. Jude.
What countries is St. Jude's in?
For more than a quarter century, St. Jude has forged powerful relationships with 24 partner sites spread throughout Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Venezuela.
What diseases does Shriners hospital treat?
The most commonly treated conditions include clubfoot, limb deficiencies, deformities and discrepancies, scoliosis (curvature of the spine), osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), and orthopaedic difficulties associated with neuromuscular disorders such as spina bifida and cerebral palsy.
What is the Infectious Diseases Treatment Program?
The Infectious Diseases Treatment Program specializes in treating the most challenging infectious diseases in children and young adults, including HIV.
What is solid tumor treatment?
The Solid Tumor Treatment Program offers an experienced team of physicians and researchers who dedicate their lives to finding cures and saving children with solid tumors.
Solid Tumor Treatment Program
Read general information about cancer in children, including causes, treatments, statistics and information for survivors.
Diseases Treated at St. Jude
St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and related life-threatening diseases. We take the toughest cases. This often includes children who do not respond well to standard treatments.
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Treatment Programs
St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and related life-threatening diseases. We take the toughest cases. This often includes children who do not respond well to standard treatments.
Patient & Family Resources
Our experienced, expert doctors, nurses and health care professionals have one focus — your child. We are here for you and your family at every step of your child's treatment journey.
Treatment & Services
Your child’s treatment may include surgery, radiation and/or a bone marrow transplant.
After Cancer Treatment
At St. Jude, our goal is to help every child survive and live a full, happy and healthy life as an adult.
St. Jude Affiliates: World-Class Care Closer to Home
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is located in Memphis, Tennessee. Through the St. Jude Affiliate Program, your family may have options to receive exceptional St. Jude care at one of our eight regional affiliate clinics.
Do trials accept children?
Some trials only accept children if they have not yet begun treatment.
Do we accept patients in clinical trials?
We accept most patients based on their ability to enroll in an open clinical trial.
What is the Kappa Alpha Psi?
In July 2005, Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) fraternity announced St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as its national philanthropic partner. Since that time, members across the country have joined in the fight against pediatric cancer, sickle cell disease, and other catastrophic illnesses.
What is the best hospital for sickle cell disease?
Jude has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell research and treatment programs in the world. St. Jude is the first known hospital in the world to cure sickle cell disease through bone marrow transplantation. Today, bone marrow transplantation still offers the only cure for sickle cell disease.
Who rescued Beale Street?
Danny Thomas also, in a way, rescued Beale Street. During a 1950s visit to Memphis, he learned that all east-west streets in Memphis were actually called avenues, meaning that the home of the blues was technically “Beale Avenue.” Thomas quickly wrote a hit song, “Bring Back My Beale Street,” which was such a hit that Mayor Frank Tobey issued a proclamation announcing that Beale was once again a Street. As you might expect, all proceeds from the sale of the song went to St. Jude.
Who was the first doctor to receive a $10,000 grant?
The first research grant — $10,000 awarded to Dr. Lemuel Diggs for his work on the causes of sickle-cell anemia — was awarded before the hospital was even completed in 1962.
How much did the first fundraiser for the new hospital raise?
The event raised $51,000. In From His Promise, Thomas related, “It’s funny how that number has haunted me for years.
