>>8575227No.
You would need either a Ph.D in Biochemistry / Computational Biology / Chemistry.
Then you would need to join a Hematology / Oncology / Immunology Lab.
Different groups deal with novel therapeutic solutions for specific cancer types. It is very rare to find a lab that focuses on more than one.
For example, get your Ph.D, join a lab as an associate researcher.
If you're a real smartie, you will be spearheading a project and getting first authorship for in vitro studies. If you're more focused on career building, then you would look for co-authorship early on.
Once you complete a successful in vitro study, you would apply for further NIH grants and explain your scope. This is really, REALLY hard.
If your initial findings can be replicated in the timeframe of the grant stimulus you will move on to animal study, specficially nude mice. (Or bonobos, whichever your facility has.)
If you are at this stage, frankly, your lab / PI / group will be getting pharmaceutical offers to take it to clinical trials, which can last anywhere from 5-7 years.
From there, it gets more complicated.
