The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding Of A Medical Mystery By Dr. Jason Fung

Dr Jason Fung has presented in his book “Cancer Code” a very comprehensive and well organized explanation of cancer and treatment, historically and presently, in a well understood format. All though I was disappointed in the lack of hope given in the chapter addressing diet, that I might find direction in “Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine”, the book led us to a better understanding in the life as a cancer patient and what we will be facing in our personal experience from here forward. This knowledge has given us more confidence in our decisions for OUR choices in treatment and living with cancer. Thank you Dr Fung!

Coming with a medical background I found the first few chapters quite basic but necessary to form the foundation for this book and provide continuity for presentation of the various cancer paradigms over the years. I found the chapters on the evolutionary biology of cancer absolutely fascinating. When I finished reading this, I lent the book to a Medical Oncologist at work and he is enjoying it too. Recommended for health care professionals and anyone else with an interest in cancer biology and medicine.

This is an excelent and humbling overview of the history of cancer and cancer treatment. The part about diet is very honest, as could be expected from Dr. Fung. There is also a very up to date chapter on cancer screening (mostly useless in most types of cancer with serious side effects to patients). No propaganda selling miracle cures disguised as fake science like most books on health subjects. Some parts are a little technical, and because of that and because of Dr. Fung’s honesty, I believe some people may find it uninteresting and difficult to read. But it is heartwarming to see that the truth always slowly emerges from the shadows, even if it takes decades and millions of lives.

Best book about health ever. You will get better understanding of what cancer is,in what forms it exists and starts,origins and types of it. How to avoid it better and what steps to take to minimize exposure to it. How to not get cancer in the first place and minimize cancer cells growth. Jason Fung is amazing,love all his books.

In the same well-researched form, this newest book by Dr Fung answers many of the questions that should be asked about cancer today, and the medical response to it. He has given us an informative look at how cancer behaves in the body and the challenges it presents to the medical research community. You will come away energized to empower your body to guard against disease in every wise way possible, and will see how the two-fold process of “seed and soil” works to encourage, or discourage, the development of disease, no matter what the genetics of the patient. This book is a great addition to his previous books regarding obesity and diabetes, which offer hope to those previously believing they were stuck in a hopeless loop of disease. Thank you Dr Fung for your research and your curiosity to find a solution to healing a disease process that is stealing many wonderful people from this world way too soon.

I’ve been reading Dr. Fung’ extensive blog posts on diabetes and cancer for a few years now, and it’s clear that this book has been quite a few years in the making. A lot of the research and treatments covered in the latter half of the book are from the period between 2010-2019, giving a really modern take on how cancer is now viewed by the medical research community.

One really refreshing aspect of this book is that it doesn’t offer a panacea, or a “go-to” strategy for prevention, because, as it explains, cancer is simply too complex and diverse a disease to be handled by any one way of life. A number of causal mechanisms are described in great detail, and it’s up to the reader to understand, imbibe, and take those lessons and decide how to live a healthier life. While others may view this as a disappointing aspect of the book, I think it’s great and honest writing on the part of the author. There’s no false advertising and everything comes across as completely genuine, aimed at educating the reader.

Lastly, the best part about Dr. Fung’s writing for me is his ability to peel apart the layers of a complex issue and explain mechanisms using very vivid analogies. To understand what causes cancer and what we can (to a minimal extent) do to delay its onset, it’s important to dig into its deep underlying mechanisms, and for people without a background in biology, this book does a great job of explaining the A-Z of the whole process without overwhelming the reader with biological terms and acronyms. All in all, a great read that summarizes a lot of the recent, relevant cancer research, and which also offers some hope for the future!

This book shares some insights about this dreadful disease. Helped me to understand cancer a little better and answer the Why him? Question when I lost my father to cancer.