INSIDE THE BOOK

Clear, practical guidance across the cancer journey.

This book brings together medical facts, personal experience, and evidence-informed complementary approaches to help you make confident, informed choices.

Diagnosis

What happens now?

Understand your diagnosis, what to expect, and the first steps to take.

Treatment

Understand your options

All the right questions and make informed dcisions that are right for you.

Nutrition

Support your body

Evidence-informed guidance on nutrition during treatment and recovery.

Integrative care

What may help alongside treatment?

Explore evidence-informed complementary approaches and mind-body practices.

Recovery

Life beyond treatment

Manage side effects, rebuild your strenghts and find your way forward.

Caregivers

For the person walking beside them

Practical guidance on nutrition during treatment and recovery.

Take the next step with Cancer, Beyond the Diagnosis

Practical, compassionate, evidence-informed guidance to navigate cancer with greater clarity and confidence.

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About the Author

Annie Vanhee

Health coach, painter, Yoga teacher

Annie Vanhee writes from the places most medical books don’t reach: the chair in the doctor’s office, the quiet hours at home, and the moment you decide to stop being only a patient.

When her cancer returned five years after her first diagnosis, Annie refused to wait passively. That choice pulled her back to the table — with a note, a pen, and her voice. 'Cancer, Beyond the Diagnosis' grew from that decision.

Annie combines lived experience with deep research. She’s read the science on patient agency, chronic stress, and lifestyle medicine, and she’s lived the reality of asking hard questions, saying “I don’t get it,” and choosing on her own terms. Her work bridges conventional treatment and holistic care without false hope or easy answers. She believes you’re not a bag of organs or a file number — you’re the whole.

Today, Annie shares practical tools for appointments, conversations with your medical team, and reclaiming agency at every stage. Her message is simple: “Being in charge isn’t fighting. Being in charge is choosing. As long as you choose, you’re not just someone things happen to.