Apoptosis rates in HROC24 versus HROC27 cells in 2D and 3D. We compared apoptosis rates (fold increase to untreated controls) of gefitinib treatment (G), vemurafenib (V) or their combination (G + V). HROC24 cells respond to monotherapy with vemurafenib in 2D as well as to the combination-therapy (A). In contrast, HROC87 cells respond to gefitinib monotherapy in 2D as well as to the combination-therapy (C). In 3D, both drugs are not able to significantly induce apoptosis, neither in monotherapy nor in combination-therapy in HROC24 (B) and in HROC87 cells (D). #: 0.05 < p < 0.1, *: 0.01 < p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01. ° denotes outliers.