The Cancer Detectives

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Andia Winslow

Narrator

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Amanda Pollak Gene Tempest
Editing	Editor	Sandra Christie
	Assistant Editor	Victor Artesona
Sound	Music	Dudu Aram
Production	Producer	Amanda Pollak
	Associate Producer	Katie McHale
	Executive Producer	Susan Bellows Cameo George
	Production Assistant	James Hauke
Writing	Writer	Gene Tempest
Visual Effects	Animation	Alisa Placas Frutman Jason Conradt
Camera	Director of Photography	Andrew Young
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