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Brachytherapy is the use of radioactive substances to deliver radiation treatments. The term “brachy” comes from the Greek word for short range. This therapy is contrasted to that given as external beam radiation over a long range. Since the radioactive substances that are used in these treatments are only effective in the short range, they need to be placed in or very near the target. Hence, for mesothelioma, brachytherapy can be used as an “Intraoperative Radiation Therapy” (IORT).

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