The 78% Risk Reduction Solution: Why Your Lifestyle Choices Are More Powerful Than Your DNA

A deep dive into Dr. Mary Ann Martin's evidence-based framework for cancer prevention

When Dr. Mary Ann Martin tells patients "your lifestyle is more important than your DNA," she's not offering feel-good platitudes. She's citing hard science that most oncologists never discuss with their patients.

The research behind her 78% risk reduction claim comes from decades of epidemiological studies, including the landmark European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, which followed over 500,000 people across 10 countries. What researchers found challenges everything we've been told about cancer being primarily a genetic lottery.

"If you stack nutrition, exercise, stress management and sleep, you've reduced your risk of chronic disease by 78%," Dr. Martin explained during our conversation. But understanding why this works requires looking at cancer through a completely different lens.