| abstract |
The disclosure relates to methods for treating or inhibiting the growth of a tumor, wherein the methods include selecting a subject with a skin cancer and intralesionally administering to the tumor of the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a programmed death 1 (PD-1) inhibitor (e.g., an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds PD-1, PD-L1, and/or PD-L2). In certain embodiments, the skin cancer is cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. In certain embodiments, the PD-1 inhibitor is administered into multiple locations of the tumor lesion. |