
← The Flourish After Cancer Podcast9 sept · 28 min
58: Your Muscle Sends Signals That Can Kill Cancer Cells
You've heard "move more" a hundred times since your diagnosis, and it never quite explains why.
What if the advice was never vague, just incomplete.
There's a real trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2025, showing that a structured exercise program lowered the risk of cancer coming back by 28 percent, and lowered the risk of death by 37 percent, compared to usual care.
That's the kind of result a new drug has to prove in a randomized controlled trial. This one came from walking and support, nothing you have to buy.
In this episode of The Flourish After Cancer Podcast, I break down what's happening in your blood sugar, your hormones, your muscle, and your immune system every time you move, and why muscle itself works more like a messenger than an engine.
⚠️ This is a must-listen if:
You've been told to "exercise more" but no one explained why it matters for recurrence
You feel exhausted in a way that seems bigger than just being tired
You used to be active and feel a quiet grief over how far you've drifted from that
You're not sure what's safe to do around surgery sites or lymphedema risk
You want a real starting point instead of another generic plan
✨ In this episode, you'll learn: