The Cancer Detectives (2024)
The Cancer Detectives (2024)
The Trailblazers Who Landed the First Blow Against Cancer
The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists known as cyto-screeners. But the test was just the beginning. Once the test proved effective, the campaign to make pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a total national mobilization. The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once the number one cancer killer of women.

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Andia Winslow Andia Winslow As: Narrator
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The story of how the life-saving cervical cancer test became an ordinary part of women’s lives is as unusual and remarkable as the coalition of people who ultimately made it possible: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists known as cyto-screeners. But the test was just the beginning. Once the test proved effective, the campaign to make pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a total national mobilization. The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once the number one cancer killer of women.


Tagline: The Trailblazers Who Landed the First Blow Against Cancer
Certification: Unknown

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 26 March 2024

Country: US

Runtime: 53m

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Company: PBS, GBH, American Experience Films

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Amanda Pollak

Amanda Pollak

Producer

Katie McHale

Katie McHale

Associate Producer

Susan Bellows

Susan Bellows

Executive Producer

Cameo George

Cameo George

Executive Producer

James Hauke

James Hauke

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Sandra Christie

Sandra Christie

Editor

Victor Artesona

Victor Artesona

Assistant Editor

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Andrew Young

Andrew Young

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