So, what motivated you to want to research cancer in particular?

Question: So, what motivated you to want to research cancer in particular?
- Keywords:
  cancer,
  preference,
  research
Asked by to John on 13 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
- John Foster answered on 13 Mar 2014:
  
  My aunt died of lung cancer when I was 5, I was really upset that we couldn’t cure lung cancer or treat it better. I decided that I wanted to research lung cancer and after training to be a scientist, I am now researching lung cancer!

Question: So, what motivated you to want to research cancer in particular?