There is nothing as heartbreaking as children experiencing the throws of a debilitating disease. The Children’s Hospital of Orange County nurtures, advances, and protects the health and well-being of local children in the area.
Discoveries at St. Jude have completely changed how doctors treat children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses. Since St. Jude was established, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, has increased from 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today