Fig. 2: Plasma treatment increased toxicity in tumor spheroids pretreated with cytotoxic agents.

a SK-MEL 28 tumor spheroids were treated with 1 µM of indicated drugs for 24 h, followed by exposure to cold physical plasma and further incubation for 24 h before staining with Hoechst and sytox orange. b Quantification of tumor cell toxicity. Results are shown as mean ± SEM. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Significance determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-test for multiple comparisons. Scale bar: 250 µm