Blog, Cancer Treatment Options Forum - December 23rd, 2009 - 4 Comments
Is there a profession that deals strictly on finding a cure for cancer?
Like a health scientist, or biologist in that field. And if so, what would they technically we called and what kind of schooling is required? I am currently enrolled in college for business but I really interested in finding a cure for cancer. If there is a field that specializes in that I’d feel like I had somewhere to start. Thanks in advance for all of you help!
research oncologist
An oncologist
I’m pretty sure you need to study medicine first.
After that, you can do a doctorate and already be researching to help cure cancer.
There are so many cancers and areas to investigate that any one person works on a very small part of finding the cure.
Probably the sub-fields of medicine/science are things like cellular microbiology, biochemistry, biomedical science etc.
No specific profession. Some researchers have PhD degrees in biology, or molecular biology, some have MS degrees, some even have BS degrees. Some have MD AND PhD degrees. Normally the degree, at whatever level, will be in one of the life sciences: biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, etc.
Research is done at universities and at private companies such as drug companies.
You can find the email addresses of doctors and professors at major universities in their MD programs. I’m sure one will be happy to provide some information about educational background and the kind of work they do.