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American Experience: The Cancer Detectives

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The untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolau; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; and Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia. 

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American Experience
The Cancer Detectives
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The untold story of the people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer.

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