Biopsy results

Hi, I’m having a biopsy today on a suspect mole and wondered how long people have been waiting for biopsy results to come back? Heard it can take 6 weeks which seems like a long time to be waiting. Is it really that long?

  • Hi,

    I'm afraid it's between 4 to 8 weeks depending on each hospital trust. It was 2 weeks before Covid but an imperfect storm of lack of histologists, dermatologists and more people becoming aware of their dodgy moles has caused a significant backlog. I hope you aren't waiting that long & your results bring you good news. Good luck and please let us know how you get on because it helps future patients on the forum (especially if the results are good news).

    Angie (Stage 3 melanoma patient since 2009)

  • Offline in reply to AngieT

    Thanks Angie. I shall try and just forget about it as worrying won’t change what the result is. I will let people know once I get my results