Established in Beirut on April 12, 2002, the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) is a not for-profit medical institution dedicated to the comprehensive treatment of pediatric cancer. An affiliate of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, CCCL applies the protocols of St. Jude, which have increasingly successful cure rates of 70 to 80%.

The Center works in close
cooperation with the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Being not-for-profit, they depend on donations and fundraising programs to fulfill their mission.

As CCCL is embarking on its third year, more than 200 patients have been treated or are still undergoing treatment. In addition, CCCL offers preliminary diagnosis testing freely to hundreds of children from other hospitals. CCCL’s vision for all children to live healthy cancer-free lives relies strongly on the policy of accepting patients without any distinction or discrimination, whether religious, political, or social, and regardless of their ability to pay. They cover all costs of care beyond those reimbursable by third party payers and total costs when the latter are not available.