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.
Unfortunately the movie The Cancer Detectives is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Amanda Pollak | Director |
| Directing | Gene Tempest | Director |
| Editing | Sandra Christie | Editor |
| Sound | Dudu Aram | Music |
| Production | Amanda Pollak | Producer |
| Writing | Gene Tempest | Writer |
| Production | Katie McHale | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Victor Artesona | Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Alisa Placas Frutman | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jason Conradt | Animation |
| Camera | Andrew Young | Director of Photography |
| Production | Susan Bellows | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cameo George | Executive Producer |
| Production | James Hauke | Production Assistant |
