Immune cells injected into skin tumors show promise in early trial

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Ohio State University patients \> 18 years old * Diagnosis of ≥ 1cm keratinocyte carcinoma, accessible by intra-tumoral injection * Confirmation of cutaneous SCC (cSCC) (10 patients total) or BCC (10 patients total) via diagnostic biopsy * BCC: Nodular or aggressive subtype * SCC: Well-differentiated or aggressive subtype with T1 or T2 staging by American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) criteria * Patient meets criteria for standard of care surgical treatment with either wide local excision or Moh's surgery * Presence of residual clinical cancer ≥ 1cm at the time of baseline * Willingness to follow up for residual cancer extirpation between 2-8 weeks after the injection Exclusion Criteria: * Planned or concurrent radiation or systemic treatment for solid tumor or hematologic malignancy including chemotherapies or immunotherapies received within 6 weeks of trial enrollment. These include but are not limited to methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil, vismodegib, cepilimumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, ipilimumab for any skin malignancy * \< 18 years old * A negative deep and peripheral margin status from the diagnostic biopsy * Diagnostic biopsy with the following histopathologic characteristics: * BCC: Superficial subtype * SCC: SCC in situ (SCCIS)/Bowen disease, basosquamous, keratoacanthoma (KA)-type SCC, or tumor with \> T2 staging by AJCC criteria * Any skin disease or active infection in the same area that may confound assessments * Inability to follow-up for definitive treatment (surgical excision) * Any other comorbidity or complication that in the opinion of the investigator could make the patient unsafe to participate in the study, such as: * Active infection * Pregnant women, women who are likely to become pregnant or are breastfeeding * Patients who received any other investigational drugs within the 30 days prior to screening visit