For the past month my mother was doing Carac treatment on her face. In the past she has had various basel cells removed and our family has history of Melanoma. During the last week or so of her Carac treatment her dermatologist decided to do a punch biposy on two spots on her face (right next to the basel she had removed 5 years ago). The results came back and the dermatologist told her that both lesions were Melanoma and one was 2mm and the other was 4mm. He based her stage on that information and diagnosed her as Stage 2.
Now, he has scheduled her for surgery to remove both growths but he told her that he couldn't schedule the surgery for 2 weeks due to her Carac treatment. He said that her skin/face was too sensitive. I'm worried that her doctor is not taking the right precautionary steps. He is not encouraging her to get any tests done to make sure the cancer has not spread. All the doctor wants to do is remove the growths. Can someone please give me some advice. Are these the correct steps? Waiting 2 1/2 weeks seems to be a very long time to wait to get the melanoms removed. Please help!