What made you want to research cancer, and how old were you?

Question: What made you want to research cancer, and how old were you?

Asked by 07gfox to Leo on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: About.
- Leo Garcia answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  I didn’t know I wanted to research cancer until I chose my PhD! So I was around 21. My other PhD offers were from medical physics related subjects, though, which probably would have entailed some kind of cancer imaging. But researching ways of diagnosing cancer is very important, and I feel very proud to tell people that that’s what I do for a living.

Question: What made you want to research cancer, and how old were you?