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Surgery and radiotherapy are the principal local therapies for cancer, and historically cancer has been a surgical disease. Surgery can be used in many ways for cancer treatment: Curative excision of primary cancers. Non-therapeutic staging procedures. Laser surgery and cryosurgery. Debulking of tumors to facilitate chemotherapy. Reconstructive surgery. Stabilization of weight-bearing bones weakened by metastases. Prevention of cancer by removal of preneoplastic lesions. Radical surgery for locally advanced primary or recurrent tumors. Curative resection of metastatic disease. Palliative resection of metastatic disease. Click the hyperlink on the slide for details.