The Cancer Code av Dr Jason Fung

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Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more effective treatments. For the first time ever, the death rate from cancer is showing a steady decline ¿ but the ¿War on Cancer¿ has hardly been won.In The Cancer Code, Dr Jason Fung offers a revolutionary new understanding of this invasive, often fatal disease ¿ what it is, how it manifests and why it is so challenging to treat. In this rousing narrative, Dr Fung identifies the medical community¿s many missteps in cancer research ¿ in particular, its focus on genetics, or what he terms the ¿seed¿ of cancer, at the expense of examining the ¿soil,¿ or the conditions under which cancer flourishes. Dr Fung ¿ whose ground-breaking work in the treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him international acclaim ¿ suggests that the primary disease pathway of cancer is caused by the dysregulation of insulin. In fact, obesity and type 2 diabetes significantly increase an individual¿s risk of cance