I have an 8 year old gray (of course!) Arab with an ocular melanoma. He had some melanomas when I bought him at age 3, but I had those removed. The ocular melanoma appeared in 2010 and I’ve had pretty good luck keeping it stable since then with cimetidine.
I have toyed on and off with trying to locate a better or more long term treatment. I talked to the U of Florida about their study and did a lot of research about using off label Oncept (dog melanoma vaccine).
All signs pointed to the Oncept, so off we went to Ohio State today and had his first injection. Everything went well and I’m crossing all my fingers that this works as well for him as it has for some other horses.
The worst thing about today was hauling when it was -8 when I left the barn!
I know there are a lot of fellow owners-of-grays-with-melanomas out there. I humbly hope that my experience will prove helpful to all of us!
Peace and love and warm weather and no tumors!:lol:
A Note from Oldernewbie (6/19/16) while this discussion is mostly about Mr Ay-rab and his treatment for the last 2.5 years, it now gladly includes the experiences of others using Oncept. Feel free to join in!