We may think of childhood cancer as one disease, but more than 12 major types of pediatric cancers and over 100 subtypes exist. The most common cancers diagnosed in children ages 0 to 14 years are leukemias, brain and other central nervous system (CNS) tumors, and lymphomas. They affect children across the socio-economic spectrum; one in five children who receive a cancer diagnosis are already living in poverty.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Fortunately, the research and treatment provided by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, continue to make huge strides in increasing survival rates for children and families who face devastating diagnoses.
Since it was founded by Danny Thomas in 1962, treatments at St. Jude have helped improve the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to over 80%. St. Jude also leads more clinical trials for pediatric cancers than any other children’s hospital in the U.S. Equally astounding is that patients and families at St. Jude never receive bills for treatment, travel, housing, or food.
As the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted only to children, St. Jude is a world leader in understanding, treating, and defeating childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Hoping to improve survival rates of children with cancer worldwide, St. Jude launched St. Jude Global in 2018. Its mission is to share knowledge, technology, and organizational skills, especially in low- and middle-income countries where four of five children with cancer die of their disease.
Showing Cause for the Heroes Who Fight Pediatric Cancer
Rain’s Show Cause social responsibility effort for 2024 focuses on kids from birth to adulthood. During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we gratefully support St. Jude as they lead the way in treating and defeating pediatric cancer in the U.S. and worldwide.
