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Contradictions between two breast cancer databases from two different countries cannot be explained within the current orthodoxy (official belief) that tumours grow smoothly from inception. If, on the other hand, one accepted that, in the early stages of breast cancer, tumours can grow, become dormant, begin to grow again, etc., the contradictions can be explained.

Examination of a wide range of historical, clinical and scientific perspectives suggests that:

• the alternate growth/dormancy/growth model may be nearer the mark
• surgery to remove the primary breast cancer tumour (in effect a "wounding of the patient") often terminates dormancy, resulting in accelerated relapses
• surgery may be responsible for over half of all cases of early stage breast cancer spreading to other parts of the body (metastatic relapse)*

We need a new treatment for early stage breast cancer that is intended to stabilise and preserve dormancy in the tumour rather than attempt to remove all cancer cells at a stroke (the present strategy)

* Metastasis or metastatic disease (sometimes abbreviated to 'mets'), is the spread of a disease from one organ or part of the body to another non-adjacent organ or part of the body.