(Argon / Radon) is used in the treatment of cancer.

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Radon is used in the treatment of cancer.
Radon radiation is believed to kill the fast mutating and growing cells of cancer.
Radon emits alpha particles which have the capacity to destroy cancer cells.
Hence, radon is used in the treatment of cancer.

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