you may be worried about nothing. please relax and be like your mother. the vast majority of skin lesions are not cancer and those that are may be very easy to treat from removing the lesion in the office to topical creams. if every skin cancer was the dreaded malignant melanoma we would all be in trouble. since i can't see or examine your mother i cannot tell you "what it is" or "how it will be treated". you must first know what the "it" is. there is absolutely no way to predict an outcome of the biopsy or even discuss treatment. to make a wild jump to worrying that a scalp lesion be fatal is going overboard.
what to expect when a loved one may have skin cancer? . my mother recently went to the doctor for a red spot on her temple. they did a biopsy and we are awaiting the results. my mom seems relatively calm but i seem to be freaking out. i have read online that they're are a few different types of skin cancer some fatal and some not. however i am worried about her. if it is cancerous what treatments could we expect? is she going to have to go through chemo? could this lead her to her death? if it is not cancerous then what is it? please help!