The Memphis Commercial Appeal today reported the following: “Bucking the national trends of persistent and even widening gaps in survival rates between black and white cancer patients, kids of both races are faring equally well at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital according to an expansive new study.\u00a0 The report in Monday’s online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed there was no significant differences in outcomes for African-American and white children treated at St. Jude over a 15 year period ending in 2007.\u00a0 “There is absolutely no survival gap by race” at St. Jude, said Dr. Ching-Hon Pui, chairman of the oncology department at the Memphis hospital and lead author of the study.”<\/p>\n
Our family has a deep appreciation for the work of St. Jude.\u00a0\u00a0 St. Jude treats children regardless of their families ability to pay for treatment.\u00a0 In June 1992 our oldest child who was 12 at the time was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, housekeepers, aids and food service do a remarkable job of taking care of the children and their families who find themselves at St. Jude.\u00a0\u00a0 Late December 1994, we learned that our child had relapsed and needed a bone marrow transplant.\u00a0\u00a0 In-spite of a low probability of surviving her transplant, her\u00a0doctors and transplant team willingly provided this life saving proceedure and the necessary care.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thank you St. Jude doctors and staff.\u00a0 Dr. Pui was her leukemia doctor for her first 30 months at St. Jude.\u00a0 Thank you Dr. Pui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Memphis Commercial Appeal today reported the following: “Bucking the national trends of persistent and even widening gaps in survival rates between black and white cancer patients, kids of both races are faring equally well at St. Jude Children’s Research … Continue reading