Stefano Magno graduated in Medicine from the Catholic University of Rome in 1998, presenting the paper "Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer." He achieved a specialty in general surgery in 2005 with the work “Excision margin status and local recurrence in the conservative treatment of breast cancer.” Since 2005, he has been engaged in clinical practice as a surgeon in the Breast Surgery Unit at Gemelli Universitary Hospital of Rome, with a particular focus on clinical and scientific aspects of oncology and oncoplastic procedures. In September 1998, he completed a fellowship in the Thoracic Surgery Division at Oviedo Hospital in Spain. Since 2000, he has been a member and volunteer of the non-profit organization “Susan G. Komen Italia”, which focuses on breast cancer prevention and treatment. In 2011, he finished a three-year university course on acupuncture. Currently, he serves as chief of the Integrative Therapies Service at the Women’s Health Department of Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli in Rome and scientific coordinator of the Master's degree “Integrative therapies in female cancer treatment” at the Catholic University in Rome. He is also the principal investigator in four ongoing non-profit clinical trials in the fields of microbiota and lifestyles in cancer patients, physical rehabilitation after breast cancer surgery, and distress and self-efficacy in neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.