Release Date

26 Mar, 2024

Runtime

00:53: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Cancer Detectives

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Actors

Andia Winslow

Crew

Amanda Pollak

Gene Tempest

Sandra Christie

Dudu Aram

Amanda Pollak

Gene Tempest

Katie McHale

Victor Artesona

Alisa Placas Frutman

Jason Conradt

Andrew Young

Susan Bellows

Cameo George

James C. Hauke