Non-Invasive Radiofrequency-Induced Targeted Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Non-invasive RF field treatment of Hep3B cells: cell viability was assessed by Propidium Iodide-Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (PI-FACS) 18 hours after RF exposure.

RF exposure; (min)	Controls; Cell death (%)	Pretreated with AuNP (67 μM); Cell death (%)	P value
5	75.0 ± 12.2	99.8 ± 3.1	.4
2	21 ± 14.4	98.5 ± 0.5	.001
1	17.6 ± 8.4	99.0 ± 0.2	.001