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02472agm a2200421 i 4500 001 CA5AF680223711EFB457909958ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240604010036 007 vd mvaizs 008 240318s2024 vau055 e vleng d 020 $a 1531716881 020 $a 9781531716882 024 10 $a 841887048842 028 42 $a AE62303 $b PBS 035 $a (OCoLC)1427207785 040 $a TEFMT $b eng $e rda $c TEFMT $d TEF $d OCLCO $d TEFMT $d GL9 $d IUO $d INO $d LE# $d SILO 041 0 $a eng $h eng 245 04 $a The cancer detectives / $c produced by Amanda Pollak ; written by Gene Tempest ; directed by Amanda Pollak, Gene Tempest ; an Insignia Films production for American Experience. 264 1 $a [Arlington, Virginia] : $b PBS Distribution, $c [2024] 300 $a 1 videodisc (55 min.) : $b sound, color with black and white sequences ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Originally broadcast on March 26, 2024, on PBS as an episode of "American Experience." 500 $a Wide screen. 508 $a Director of photography, Andrew Young ; edited by Sandra Christie ; original music by Eduardo Aram. 511 0 $a Narrated by Andia Winslow. 520 $a How one of the most impactful, lifesaving tests for women was created and popularized by a Greek immigrant and his wife, a famous Japanese-American illustrator who was detained in a WW2 internment camp, and a groundbreaking Black female surgeon. In the 1950's, survival rates from cancer of any kind were low. Damaging surgery and unsophisticated radiotherapy were the main treatments, assuming the disease was detected in time for anything to be done. Cervical cancer was often asymptomatic until it was well advanced, and by that time, it was often a death sentence. 538 $a DVD; region 1; NTSC; wide screen [container incorrectly says full screen]; stereo. 546 $a English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). 700 1 $a Pollak, Amanda, $e television producer. $e television producer. 700 1 $a Tempest, Gene, $e screenwriter. $e screenwriter. 700 1 $a Winslow, Andia, $e narrator. 710 2 $a Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), $e broadcaster. 710 2 $a Insignia Films, $e production company. 710 2 $a PBS Distribution (Firm), $e publisher. 730 02 $i Container in (work): $a American experience (Television program) 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240604011516.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA5AF680223711EFB457909958ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search