Atomic radiation is useful for treating cancer because

A) radiation affects cancer cells but not normal cells.
B) radiation protects normal cells against the effects of cancer.
C) normal cells are not affected by radiation.
D) radiation harms cancer cells more readily than it does most non-cancer cells.


D

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