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I went to my doctors with a suspicious mole over two weeks ago . I was seen at the hospital the following week to take photographs. I chased up the result last week and was told I would be sent a letter within 24 weeks to be seen . All they would tell me is is that it was urgent but not urgent enough following the screening of the photograph. I am deeply worried . 

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    Hello. I am not an expert but talking from personal experience. I have recently had stage 1 melanoma and the biopsy was put through on a 10 day turnaround. At the same time, two people I know had biopsies for suspected skin cancer and they were both put through on the 24 week turnaround. These turned out to be the much slower skin cancers. We understood this to mean the consultants probably knew they weren’t anything too worrying and didn’t need to rush the results through. Hope this helps put your mind at ease

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    Hello. I am not an expert but talking from personal experience. I have recently had stage 1 melanoma and the biopsy was put through on a 10 day turnaround. At the same time, two people I know had biopsies for suspected skin cancer and they were both put through on the 24 week turnaround. These turned out to be the much slower skin cancers. We understood this to mean the consultants probably knew they weren’t anything too worrying and didn’t need to rush the results through. Hope this helps put your mind at ease

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