I made a promise, and a promise is to never be broken once made. If you can’t keep the promise, why did you make it? I made the promise to my grandfather, before he died of cancer, that I would do whatever it takes to help find a cure for cancer in my future. I always wanted to be in the medical field, but I didn’t know exactly where in the medical field. Math has always been one of my stronger subjects in school because it comes easy to me. I also have a huge interest in science classes as well. That has helped me make my decision in being a surgical oncologist. I have now done some research on this career to see if it is right for me and to see if it is what I want to do with the rest of my life. Hard work and dedication will pay off.
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Surgeons need to have 4 years of undergraduate school and then 4 years of medical school. Then if you chose to
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An oncologist is a doctor who is specialized in dealing with and treating patients with cancer. So a surgical oncologist is a doctor that is specialized in doing surgery on a patient with cancer ("Complex General Surgical Oncology." The American Board of Surgery.). To become a surgical oncologist it will take many years to specialize in medical school. Many people say to me today, you will never make it there, or you can’t do that. What they say makes me work even harder to one day prove them wrong. If they are ever to be right or I just have enough of schooling it is always good to have a plan B, but you should never rely on that plan B. To become a surgical oncologist I will need to come to the level of an RN, registered nurse, interest general, a physician, and a general surgeon. As I have said, if there were to be any reason I would stoping going to college, I would have one of those steps to fall back on, but it is not something I am wanting to do. You always need that what if and have that back up plan or plan