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The U.S. Postal Service recently unveiled prostate-cancer and breast-cancer stamps with strikingly different messages (Figure 1). The stamp pertaining to prostate-cancer awareness advocates screening and reads, "Prostate Cancer Awareness: Annual Checkups and Tests." The stamp concerning breast-cancer awareness does not suggest screening. Instead, it simply calls for more research funding: "Breast Cancer: Fund the Fight. Find a Cure." Because of the absence of evidence demonstrating the benefit of screening for prostate cancer and the strong evidence supporting the benefits of mammography, we wanted to understand the story behind the apparent discrepancy between science and the messages presented on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The History of U.S. Postage Stamps

The Breast-Cancer Stamp

The Prostate-Cancer Stamp

The Postal Service and Health Care

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