Cancer Personal Statement

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A dying person says " I choose to die rather than receiving this painful chemotherapy or radiation therapy?" These are words of my one of the close relatives who was healthy and happy before he started showing symptoms of deadly cancer(last stage). An event of my life built an interest in learning about cancer and finding risk-free treatments for future. This defines me as future medical professional/researcher, caring, and sincere person.

Cancer has taken thousands of innocent lives and had left families alone. I was watching my relative dying every day, but I was unable to help. His family was trying their hard to keep the head of their family alive and happy by providing better treatments, consults from the doctor, buying expensive medicine
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It was a time I came in contact with a cancer patient and developed an interest to learn about cancer in more detail. My interest in exploring cancer and finding the treatment that defines me as a future medical professional: Oncologist/researcher. I used the internet, read books, and other resources to learn about it, but my interest was pushing me to find new alternative treatments. This interest was deciding my future pathway and career. It is a long and hard working …show more content…
My serious interest in exploring cancer motivated me to be a part of Biomedical Academy at my high school. This was my first step towards my interest to learn and find treatment for cancer. I took health sciences related classes which were building my bases for my career. Here, I came in contact with people who shares same interests and goals. I took classes such as the principle of Health Science, Health Science, CNA and Psychology to learn about the fundamental principles and develop an interest in the medical field which will support and help my primary interest. I used these classes as resources to my interest. Similarly, a university will help me to keep my interest alive by participating in pre-med programs and biology

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