Sometimes life hits so hard that it is difficult to believe it is really happening. Priska and her daughter Laura both received the same diagnosis within just four months: breast cancer. Not one of them, but both.
SRF recorded their story, and it is one that stays with you. It shows how life can change from one moment to the next, how two women go through fear, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy together, and how they still do not stop being there for each other. How hope remains possible even when everything feels dark.
Every year in Switzerland, around 6500 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. It is one of the most common diagnoses, and yet people still barely talk about it. Behind every number there is a person. A mother. A daughter. A family that has to reorganize everything overnight.
What makes the story of Priska and Laura so moving is this: it shows that breast cancer is far more than a medical diagnosis. It is a human experience, physical, emotional and social. It changes how you see yourself, how you live relationships, and what truly matters.
And as a society, we still have a lot of work to do here.
Too many women skip preventive checks because they have no time, because they fear the result, or because the topic feels too uncomfortable. We understand that. But in the worst case, this attitude costs lives. Breast cancer, when detected early, is treatable in most cases. The difference between stage one and stage four is not only medical, it is decisive for everything: treatment, quality of life and the chance of a life afterwards.
At Radiosa, we believe prevention is not a question of courage, but of knowledge and self-care. Those who understand why regular checks matter, who know which signs to look out for, and who have an environment where health is discussed openly, do go. That is why we talk about it. Loudly and clearly.
That is exactly why Radiosa focuses on education, open conversations and the courage to look closely, before a diagnosis takes that choice away. Early detection is not automatic, it is a decision. One that can save lives.
Have you already engaged with prevention and do you know what to do? If not, or if you simply do not know where to start, we at Radiosa are here for you.
The full report
You can read the full report by Anna Jungen here on SRF.ch. It is worth reading.
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