 [ Symptoms ] 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 are 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 [ Disease ] 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 not 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