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DVD

The cancer detectives

Call Number

  • DVD 616.994 C2153 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.

Publication Information

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2024]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 55 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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 Papanicolaou; 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.

Notes

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2024.

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