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Table 1 External radiofrequency (RF) field treatment of Panc-1 human pancreatic adenocarcinoma and Hep 3B human hepatocellular cancer cell cultures

From: Intracellular gold nanoparticles enhance non-invasive radiofrequency thermal destruction of human gastrointestinal cancer cells

 

Cell Type and Treatment

RF Exposure

Hep 3B Control Cell Death (%)

Hep 3B GNPs Cell Death (%)

P Value

Panc-1 Control Cell Death (%)

Panc-1 GNPs Cell Death (%)

p Value

5 minutes

75.0 ± 12.2

99.8 ± 3.1

0.4

39.8 ± 34.0

96.5 ± 8.4

0.001

2 minutes

21 ± 14.1

98.5 ± 0.5

0.001

26.4 ± 15.8

98.7 ± 3.7

0.001

1 minute

17.6 ± 8.4

99.0 ± 0.2

0.001

15.3 ± 9.8

98.5 ± 2.1

0.001

  1. GNPs = gold nanoparticles 67 μM/L concentration