How could a radio broadcast on self-examination have avoided creating misperceptions?

Last week I listened to a radio broadcast in which a woman in her 20s with breast cancer described how she examined her breast and found a lump. She is now being treated for breast cancer. The interviewer, an older woman, interviewed her gently with empathy. There was no challenge, as there would have been to a politician, and the result was misleading and probably had some harmful messages.The peg for the interview was the death from breast cancer of Kris Hallenga, the founder of CoppaFeel!, a breast awareness campaign. Hallenga was clearly a remarkable woman full of pazazz and humour. As the website of CoppaFeel! says: “In 2009 Kris was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the age of 23, after being turned away from her GP for over a year. By the time she was diagnosed, it was terminal. Kris’ ambition was for no one else to find…
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