Today Spotlighted of minorities is the 68th anniversary of LaSalle Leffall Jr., an oncologist who has drawn attention to the problem of the high mortality rate of cancer among minorities especially African Americans. Leffall published research in 1973 showing the increase of cancer mortality in the black population of the United States. When he became the first African-American president of the American Cancer Society in 1978, Leffall helped organize the first conference on cancer in the black community. In addition to clinical research on breast cancer, colorectal, and head and neck Leffall served as an educator at Howard University in Washington, DC
[Source:EmilyMcMurrayEd notable scientific Twentieth Century (Gale Research Inc., ITP, 1995)]
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