This is Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.
He’s a surgeon who’s dedicated 50+ years to researching cancer.
His message? Cancer isn’t bad genes or random mutations—it’s your immune system failing.
This changes everything you’ve been told about how to fight & prevent cancer:
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He’s a surgeon who’s dedicated 50+ years to researching cancer.
His message? Cancer isn’t bad genes or random mutations—it’s your immune system failing.
This changes everything you’ve been told about how to fight & prevent cancer:
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1. Cancer rates are rising alarmingly
• Soon-Shiong sees 13-year-olds with pancreatic cancer
• Colleagues report 8-11-year-olds with colon cancer
• Young adults with aggressive cancers
• Cases showing "turbo-charged" progression
But why is that?
• Soon-Shiong sees 13-year-olds with pancreatic cancer
• Colleagues report 8-11-year-olds with colon cancer
• Young adults with aggressive cancers
• Cases showing "turbo-charged" progression
But why is that?
2/ For decades, oncology has operated on the premise:
"Cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease."
Despite billions spent on genetic research, survival rates for aggressive cancers like pancreatic cancer remain low.
Something crucial is missing in our understanding.
"Cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease."
Despite billions spent on genetic research, survival rates for aggressive cancers like pancreatic cancer remain low.
Something crucial is missing in our understanding.
3.
Soon-Shiong's research points to an overlooked truth:
The mutations we observe are consequences, not primary causes.
The deeper issue? A compromised immune system failing to perform its function to eliminate abnormal cells.
But that's just the beginning...
The mutations we observe are consequences, not primary causes.
The deeper issue? A compromised immune system failing to perform its function to eliminate abnormal cells.
But that's just the beginning...
4.
Our bodies constantly produce potentially cancerous cells through normal division errors.
Evolution's solution: natural killer (NK) cells and T-cells that identify and eliminate these threats.
Soon-Shiong describes these as our "internal first responders."
Evolution's solution: natural killer (NK) cells and T-cells that identify and eliminate these threats.
Soon-Shiong describes these as our "internal first responders."
5.
These immune cells represent an ancient defense system, perfected over millions of evolutionary years.
Remarkably, science only discovered NK cells in the 1970s, highlighting how recently we've begun to understand our own protection mechanisms.
The implications? Staggering.
Remarkably, science only discovered NK cells in the 1970s, highlighting how recently we've begun to understand our own protection mechanisms.
The implications? Staggering.
6.
Our immune system maintains an exquisite balance:
1. Defensive "killer" cells that eliminate threats
2. Regulatory "suppressor" cells that prevent autoimmune reactions
Cancer emerges when this balance tilts toward suppression.
1. Defensive "killer" cells that eliminate threats
2. Regulatory "suppressor" cells that prevent autoimmune reactions
Cancer emerges when this balance tilts toward suppression.
7.
According to Soon-Shiong, cancer develops through two primary mechanisms:
• Cancer cells "hide" from killer cells
• Cancer cells activate suppressor cells, shutting down your natural defense system
This allows rapid, unchecked growth.
• Cancer cells "hide" from killer cells
• Cancer cells activate suppressor cells, shutting down your natural defense system
This allows rapid, unchecked growth.
8. This explains why people with identical cancer mutations have drastically different outcomes.
The difference? Immune function and metabolic health.
What does this tell us about prevention
The difference? Immune function and metabolic health.
What does this tell us about prevention
9.
10/ Standard cancer treatments often undermine immune function:
• Chemotherapy severely depletes lymphocytes
• Radiation damages NK cell populations
• Steroids suppress critical immune responses
• Chronic inflammation converts killer cells to suppressors
This creates a paradox...
• Chemotherapy severely depletes lymphocytes
• Radiation damages NK cell populations
• Steroids suppress critical immune responses
• Chronic inflammation converts killer cells to suppressors
This creates a paradox...
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