Cancer Biochemistry Personal Statement

From there, I began to explore more of what a career in pharmacy would mean and take the steps necessary to pursue my dream. As I reflect on the past and look forward, becoming a Doctor of Pharmacy is still the clear answer to achieving both my immediate and long-term goals. My immediate goal is to work towards additional education to be better equipped to utilize my undergraduate degree. In particular, I have a strong interest in applying my knowledge of biochemistry to the area of pharmacy in order to better understand how different medications work, how to help patients understand their medications, and how to solve problems to better care for patients. Ultimately, through achieving a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, I desire to develop a meaningful career that would allow for life-long learning and impacting lives.

In high school, there was no clear picture for my future. With an immense grasp in science and math, I knew that was my calling. I wasn't sure of the overall field of study I aspired but I know I wanted to master it and enjoy it for life. My high school teacher referred me to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Pharmacy School Preview Day. I attended the event my junior year and was washed over in awe. I found a greater appreciation for the use of medicine and the applications

Name the cell-types that define carcinomas, sarcomas, lymphomas, and leukemia’s. Which type is most common?

My primary interest in a career in Pharmacy came from an overall interest in medicine and health care in general. As a third grader, I had the first severe asthma attack that I can remember that caused the first of several hospital stays. By happenstance, that time sparked my curiosity about medicine. As an eight year old, I wondered just how this magical mist that came through a mask was able to give me a freedom to breath that my body wasn 't couldn 't give me on its own. Throughout high school and the beginning of college, I tailored my education to focus on biology and medicine, as well as finding time to interact with patients as I pursued a career in medicine. However, it was not until I began working as a pharmacy technician for CVS Pharmacy that I came to understand that this was the career my passion was leading to me to. I had shadowed other health care professionals before based on my interest. These shadowing experiences included a pediatrician, family practice physician, and a physical therapist. Each of those experiences were useful to me because, while they were interesting, they all seemed to lack something that left me wanting more. As a hopeful pharmacist, I will have a career that I feel passionate about while being able to provide for my loved ones at the same time.

In my early college years, I wanted to become an orthodontist in the hopes of perfecting smiles so that individuals can feel better about their appearance. I realized that I could not continue the path of dentistry when I experienced my first procedure shadowing a dentist. I kept working toward completing my bachelor degree in biology. While taking organic chemistry I became aware that I had a passion for the subject. I became so passionate that I befriended a few people who also had interest in chemistry and they informed me about pharmacy. I looked more into the pharmaceutical programs and found it to be a career I wanted to pursue. I took the first steps and became a pharmacy technician, then I began working at CVS pharmacy. CVS Pharmacy is very high pace and

It has become common knowledge that the earlier cancer is discovered the better, but why is this? The reasoning is very simple. If cancer is caught in its beginning stages, , before it’s had the chance to get too big or spread to other parts of the body, then the individual may start removal or treatment of the cancer sooner. This is with the hopes that the cancer will go into remission allowing the person many more years of life. If the cancer has spread, treatment becomes more difficult and a person’s chances of survival may not be as high. Most of the types of cancers are treatable if discovered early enough and the appropriate strategy of treatment is received in a timely manner. Screening for cancer in the general population is centered upon what cancers occur commonly. Breast, prostate, lung, colon, cervical,

I have a great interest in pharmacology because I want to be involved in medicine. I started becoming interested in medicine at a young age when my mother was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, I wanted to know what I could do to help her so I turned first towards her medicine. She had bottles upon bottles of pills, and even syringes she injected into herself. She had them laid neatly in a row on the counter, and a syringe disposal box in our kitchen cupboard. Of course I was too young to really understand anything but I learned to recognize different pills and understood they were for different things. I would retrieve pillows, and bottles, and soy milk with ice in it for her. I helped to feed her jell-o and watched helplessly as she struggled

At this stage of my life, I am focused on finding a versatile career that grants me the opportunity to become an integral and essential part of society. Indeed, pursuing a pharmaceutical career will provide me the opportunity to become part of the medical community. Above all else, it is vital to me that I pursue a path for which I have passion. Pharmacy is my passion. Throughout high school, I have worked hard in every class, always with my eyes on the goal of becoming a pharmacist; entering this program at UW will make me so proud to see the fruits labour leading me to success. That same effort and hard work will be applied to the pharmaceutical program, and indeed my career as a pharmacist, ensuring optimal and ideal patient outcomes. Being

I chose pharmacy as a career because of the passion I have towards medicine and helping others. I vision being able to create the drugs needed to save others and researching new drugs to end current diseases as my ideal future. It is a career I respect and stems from my obsession with nutrition and healthy living. This obsession with living a healthy lifestyle resulted from my wrestling career as I always tried to be at my absolute physical peak for competitions. Knowing what I eat and regulating the amount eventually lead to being fascinated by the drugs I took to heal my various injuries (such as ringworm, sprained ankles, and damaged knees). That fascination with medicine coupled with my high affinity with chemistry is why I saw pharmacy as my ideal career. I always knew I wanted to work in the health

Cancer is a topic that many don’t like to talk about because of its dark association with death. However it is important to be educated on what cancer exactly is and where it comes from. First off, there are many types of cancer that can occur in all areas of the body. The craziest fact is that all cancers start off with the mutation of just one single cell. We have millions of cells in our body and just once mutated cell can change someone’s life or even end it. Many people will say “this cancer runs in the family” and they think that is the cause of the cancer. However that is only true for few as cancer is inherited less than 10% of the time. The majority of cancer is caused by environmental factors. The saying “that comes with age” is true with cancer as well because mutations will accumulate more as we age increasing the probability of being diagnosed with cancer.

variants that are related to the risks, as well as provided proof of polygenic susceptibility.

A cancerous cell must adapt to various biological chemical pathways and modify itself to impose its malignant behavior not only in humans but as well as in other species. The authors, Douglas Hanahan and Robert A. Weinberg points out six significant variations in cell physiology that leads to the composition of most of these cancerous cell. The cell autonomy in growth signals, insensivity to growth-inhibitory signals, avoid apoptosis, endless replication, angiogenesis sustainability, as well as neighboring tissue invasion along with metastasis are main acquired capabilities of cancer cells. The article’s significance depends on its simplicity to convey information by providing concise methods as to how the cancer cell acquires the capabilities to turn normal human cells into cancerous one.

In healthy multicellular organisms, the majority of cells are exposed to a constant supply of nutrients. When this supply exceeds the nutrient levels required for cell division, specialized regulatory systems prevent uncontrolled cellular proliferation. In other words, cells only take up nutrients from their environment upon stimulation by growth factors.

My time spent interning at the UVM hospital pharmacy has helped me grow with the career I want to pursue. Going into the class I was interested in healthcare that would provide a comfortable living for myself. During my job shadow I learned how being a teammate is very important the being a pharmacist. The team consists of doctors, nurses, technicians and the patients. The comradery of each other helps with the job. This is helpful for me because I want to be in a career I am comfortable with. I have been playing multiple team sports since I could walk. It’s part of my life to understand how a team works. The time spent talking to the pharmacists in the chemotherapy wing helped by understand where I want to be in the pharmacy career. Retail is for the person that has social skills and economical skills along with the skills of being organized. Working at a hospital is more “working behind the scenes”. It possesses similar skills but the environment to applying them is different. It has helped me determine that I want to get my MBA throughout sometime in my career. I heard that some people got their MBA as they got their doctor of pharmacy but that is very ambitious. I think that I want to get my doctor of pharmacy and then wherever I am working might be able to pay for my education to get an MBA. I like how there are always a job for pharmacist, also jobs anywhere. That helps because I don’t want to be restricted to a career where I can only work in certain parts of the

My desire to help people is a major factor in my decision to become a pharmacist. I have aspired to be a pharmacist since I was in the eighth grade. I have taken several different steps to assist me in attaining my dream. The classes I have completed to aid me with my goal have been very stimulating. I attended a pharmacy camp that truly enlightened me and made me understand how much work it will require to become a pharmacist. I have done other activities as well to improve my goal of becoming a pharmacist. I have visited specific colleges that have pharmacy programs and I have completed research on the job market for a pharmacist and the salary I would receive. My background has prepared me for the work and effort it will involve for me to