Every second man and every third woman will experience a cancer diagnosis during their lives. Getting the news can be devastating and paralyzing, but making the right decisions about treatment, care, mindset and lifestyle is a crucial part of finding a cure. In her book “The 8 Essentials for Overcoming Cancer - Cancer, I can” medical doctor and pharma executive, Stefanie Walther describes her very personal journey and gives holistic advice for battling a cancer diagnosis, from finding the right treatment center and medical team, to finding the right diet, exercise plan and sleep schedule. In the newest episode of the BioRevolution podcast Andreas Horchler and Louise von Stechow spoke to Stefanie Walther about her story, her book and about the outlook of eradicating cancer as a disease in the future. Learn more about the future of biotech in our podcasts and keynotes. Contact us here: scientific communication: https://science-tales.com/ Podcasts: https://www.podcon.de/ Keynotes: https://www.zukunftsinstitut.de/louise-von-stechow

Find Stefanie Walther: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stefanie-walther-ab871966/ Order “The 8 Essentials For Overcoming Cancer - Cancer, I Can” here: https://www.amazon.de/Essentials-Overcoming-Cancer-Can/dp/B0FNMDZT5Y

Further reading on the topics we discussed during the episode and found in the book can be found in here:

CANCER FACT AND FIGURES https://www.cancer.org/cancer.html https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/understanding-cancer-risk/lifetime-probability-of-developing-or-dying-from-cancer.html https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2025/2025-cancer-facts-and-figures-acs.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27196525/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/more-evidence-that-a-healthy-lifestyle-might-help-prevent-cancer https://www.who.int/activities/preventing-cancer

ESSENTIAL 1: CALM DOWN https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics/survivor-facts-figures.html

ESSENTIAL 2: ASK FOR HELP https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31123497/

ESSENTIAL 3: NAME THE DISEASE https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30822350/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5038982/

ESSENTIAL 4: FIND A CANCER CENTER FOR ERADICATION AND REHABILITATION https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12648693/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6132422/

ESSENTIAL 5: I STAY MENTALLY STRONG https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22438289/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31024362/

ESSENTIAL 6: CHOOSE HEALTHY FOODS https://www.aicr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/summary-third-expert-report.pdf https://www.aicr.org/cancer-prevention/healthy-eating/new-american-plate/

ESSENTIAL 7: ACTIVATE YOUR BODY https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2019/cancer-survivors-exercise-guidelines-schmitz https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34213826/

ESSENTIAL 8: NORMALIZE YOUR SLEEP https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29032088/

OUTLOOK https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1204479 https://www.annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-7534(19)37684-7/fulltext