"Not benign"

[XanaDUer2]

My sister keeps telling me the mole on my 20- something nieces back is not benign. I said did they say cancer? I've had melanoma.

Has anyone ever heard skin cancer called not benign?

[elleng]

1. Sounds like a chickenish/foolish way of saying what it is.

Understandable by amateurs, NOT, imo, by medical professionals.

[XanaDUer2]

2. My sister

Is an idiot. She thinks saying things aloud bring it to reality. This sound like melanoma to me

[elleng]

4. I agree.

I hope your niece does ok.

[XanaDUer2]

6. Thank you, Ellen

I asked did they say cancer and she said they said not benign.

[nocoincidences]

3. Methinks your sister

doesn't want to speak her worst fear out loud.

[XanaDUer2]

5. She's blase

My melanoma was grade 0 in situ and I still had an xray for lung mets.

[TNNurse]

7. Your niece is 20...an adult?

I would talk to her directly, her mother seems to be struggling with coping.

[XanaDUer2]

8. Oh, wo going into lots of detail

My niece and sister have a bizarre codependent relationship. I could reach out...

[Abnredleg]

9. There are "pre-malignant" tumors

So technically a tumor can simultaneously be not benign and not cancerous.

[XanaDUer2]

10. Ty

Maybe that's what she/they mean.

[rso]

11. Benign

There are other more common types of skin cancers besides melanoma that are far less serious and easily curable, squamous cell cancer is just one example.

[XanaDUer2]

12. Digging deeper

My niece is not at home. My sister was not at the drs with her. Thanks God my niece has ACA.

My niece is saying its not benign. My sister is irritated she doesn't push for more info. She's in nursing school. Unbelievable.

[marble falls]

13. I am not medically trained, but my advice to you is seek out dermatologist. Skin cancer is no joke.

[XanaDUer2]

14. I do

Its my niece. She's describing a mold as not benign.

[pansypoo53219]

15. has a basel. the better skin cancer.