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HARDCOVER ISBN: 0-88258-251-8
$26.95
Pub Date: September 2005
256 pages, 6 x 9 inches
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No Boundaries:
A Cancer Surgeon's Odyssey
by Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D.
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“.
. . an invaluable
gift for the practice of medicine.”
—John
R. Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society |
In this insightful and instructive
autobiography, Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall Jr.--renowned surgeon, oncologist,
professor, and medical spokesman--chronicles a life of outstanding
service and scholarship. As the first African American president of the
American Cancer Society, Dr. Leffall helped focus national attention on the
disturbing disparities between black and white Americans in cancer
prevalence, treatment, and mortality.
During his more than 50 years of
medical practice and advocacy, he has taught thousands of medical students and hundreds of surgeons. He has held numerous high-level
positions in surgical and cancer-related organizations, serving as the
first African-American president of the American College of Surgeons and
the American Cancer Society. As the current board chair of
the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, renowned for its “Race for
the Cure,” he stresses the need for early detection and treatment of
breast cancer. Working with cyclist and cancer survivor Lance
Armstrong on the President’s Cancer Panel, which he also chairs, Dr.
Leffall focuses on ethical issues related to cancer survivorship.
No Boundaries
provides LaSalle Leffall with yet another forum for discussing the
challenges and promises facing physicians, researchers, policymakers,
and patients in their quest to control and ultimately eliminate cancer.
It also illuminates his unwavering commitment to his profession’s creed:
to place patients
first.
Read why he
firmly believes, as his father told him long ago, that, "With a good
education and hard work, combined with honesty and integrity, there are no
boundaries."
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