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. 2023 Aug 9;40:53–57. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.07.033

Table I.

Talimogene laherparepvec treatment for the patient’s left forearm squamous cell carcinoma lesions that occurred every 2 weeks for a period of 15 months

T-VEC Treatment number Days from T-VEC
initiation
T-VEC Dose (pfu/mL) Number of sites Notable progress
1 0 106 6 CT of left upper extremity with contrast without evidence for nodal or distant disease.
2 21 108 5
3 35 108 5 Erythema surrounding largest lesion improved.
4 49 108 5 Largest lesion with ulceration measuring 4.5 cm longest axis and 0.7 cm deep. Surrounding erythema has nearly resolved.
5 63 108 5 Whole body PET CT imaging without evidence for nodal or distant disease.
6 77 108 5
7 91 108 4 Repeat CT of left upper extremity with contrast without evidence for distant disease. Swelling and induration surrounding forearm ulceration has been stable and is mild. Patient labs
8 105 108 3 Noted new friability of a lesion.
9 119 108 3
10 133 108 3
11 147 108 3 Largest lesion with ulceration measuring 5.5 cm in longest axis. Friability present in second lesion measuring 1.8 cm.
12 161 108 2 Repeat whole body PET CT imaging without evidence for nodal or distant disease.
13 175 108 3 Lesions continuing to fill in and contract. One lesion resolved.
14 189 108 4 Lesions noted to have blood oozing.
15 203 108 4
16 217 108 4
17 231 108 3 Due to resistance to treatment, one lesion was excised.
18 245 108 6
19 259 108 4 Repeat whole body PET CT revealed slightly decreased activity of left forearm lesions and no distant disease.
20 273 108 3 Significant clinical response to treatment and no new definitive lesions.
21 287 108 3
22 301 108 3
23 322 108 2
24 336 108 2
25 350 108 3
26 364 108 3 Repeat whole body PET CT showed new focus of hypermetabolic activity ulnar aspect of left forearm suspicious for disease recurrence.
27 378 108 2 Fine needle aspiration of left arm nodule performed and was nondiagnostic. Continued with treating the site as another focus of SCC.
28 399 108 2
29 413 108 2 One evident remaining lesion has completely filled in and re-epithelialized. Subcutaneous ulnar lesion stable in size.
30 427 108 2
31 441 108 2 Repeat fine needle aspiration of arm lesion revealed SCC.
32 455 108 2 Subcutaneous nodule grew, now measuring 2.5 cm. Repeat whole body PET CT showed increasing hypermetabolic activity in soft tissues of left arm, concerning for SCC recurrence.