The Cancer Detectives
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.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Studio: PBS, GBH, American Experience Films
Director: Amanda Pollak, Gene Tempest
Cast: Andia Winslow
Crew: Amanda Pollak (Director), Gene Tempest (Director), Sandra Christie (Editor), Dudu Aram (Music), Amanda Pollak (Producer), Gene Tempest (Writer)
Runtime: 53 minutes
Release: Mar 26, 2024
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : informative
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