Positron emission tomography/computed tomography evaluation of oncolytic virus therapy efficacy in melanoma

Viola Franke; Bernies van der Hiel; Bart A van de Wiel; Willem M C Klop; Sylvia Ter Meulen; Alexander C J van Akkooi

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2017.11.007

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography evaluation of oncolytic virus therapy efficacy in melanoma

Eur J Cancer. 2018 Feb:90:149-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.11.007. Epub 2017 Dec 8.

Authors

Viola Franke¹, Bernies van der Hiel², Bart A van de Wiel³, Willem M C Klop⁴, Sylvia Ter Meulen¹, Alexander C J van Akkooi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, NL-1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, NL-1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, NL-1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, NL-1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Surgical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, NL-1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.v.akkooi@nki.nl.

PMID: 29224902
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.11.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Computed tomography; Immunotherapy; Melanoma; Oncolytic virus; PET-CT; Positron emission tomography; Response evaluation; T-VEC; Talimogene laherparepvec.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunotherapy / methods*
Male
Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
Melanoma / therapy*
Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
Oncolytic Virotherapy / methods*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Skin Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents