Skin Cancer Biopsy Results..How long to come back?!


Question: Skin Cancer Biopsy Results..How long to come back.?
My boyfriend went about a month ago and had a few irregular shaped moles removed from his body, one of which the doctor said she was very concerned about. He went back to get the stitches about 3 weeks ago and i asked if they got the results back and he pretty much said he thought everything was ok....

Today on our voicemail at home its his doctors office to go over the test results from his biopsy. Should i be worried.? He is working all day and now this message has me worried and thinking. Would it have taken that long to get the results back.? I assumed "no news is good news" and now this message comes...Health Question & Answer


Answers:
This is way too long to the get the results back. However, if the pathologist found cancer they would have called the doctor who did the biopsy so they would know right away. In this case, the doctor would have known when your boyfriend went back the following week. Otherwise the pathologist just dictates the report, it is typed in 3-4 days and mailed. The only time it takes this long is when it is something highly unusual and it is sent out to a pathologist who specializes in the type of cancer they suspect it to be. This rarely happens.

I suspect the doctor

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