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Book SynopsisOur 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.InThe Cancer Code,Dr Jason Fung offers a revolutionary new understanding of this invasive, often fatal disease whatit is,howit manifests andwhyit 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 cancer.In this acces
