¹Department of Anticancer Drug Development, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta 700026, India

Correspondence: Dr U Sanyal, E-mail: utpalsanyal@hotmail.com

Received 4 September 2003; Accepted 15 October 2003.

Abstract

It is universally acknowledged that if cancer is to be controlled, prevention and down staging are essential. In the year 2000 about 10 million new cases were registered, while 6.3 million people died from cancer worldwide. Stamps are regarded as a very useful and educative tool in fighting cancer by creating awareness and raising money for treatment and research. This year (2003) is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the issue of the first anticancer stamps in 1928, so an up-to-date review of the field of oncophilately is timely.