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.
The Cancer Detectives
March 26, 2024
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Andia Winslow
Narrator
Amanda Pollak
Director
Gene Tempest
Director
Gene Tempest
Writer
Amanda Pollak
Producer
Susan Bellows
Executive Producer
Cameo George
Executive Producer
James Hauke
Production Assistant
Katie McHale
Associate Producer
Dudu Aram
Music
Andrew Young
Director of Photography
Victor Artesona
Assistant Editor
Sandra Christie
Editor
Alisa Placas Frutman
Animation
Jason Conradt
Animation