Cherokee oncologist-to-be
Father's death focuses student
His cancer motivated Amanda Bighorse to become an oncologist.The death of her father from cancer in August has put 24-year-old Amanda Bighorse on course to become one of the few Native American oncologists in the country.
"I wanted to be a pediatrician before. But that experience was really eye-opening for me," said Bighorse, who is a first-year medical student at Oklahoma State University's medical school in Tulsa.
As far as Bighorse knows, there are only two American Indian oncologists in the country. 
His cancer motivated Amanda Bighorse to become an oncologist.
"I wanted to be a pediatrician before. But that experience was really eye-opening for me," said Bighorse, who is a first-year medical student at Oklahoma State University's medical school in Tulsa.
As far as Bighorse knows, there are only two American Indian oncologists in the country.
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