Last summer the dermotologist found a mole on my back that he thought to be suspicious. It turned out to be melanoma. He stated that it had only penetrated .4mm into my skin, and therefore was a very very minimal risk of it spreading. He then excised a much larger piece out of my back and sent it to the lab. Testing did not reveal any other cancer cells.

I then switched dermotologists. I informed the new dermotologist of my diagnosis and he said that he would like to see me more often. He was able to get my lab results from the pathology lab that did the testing on my mole, and he confirmed that it had only spread .4mm. However, he told me that the pathologist noted on the lab report that "regression was probable." he was confused by this and said that he would want to look at the actual slides of my lab work. He could not figure out why the pathologist would, based on the growth of the cancerous mole, write that regression was probable. Can anyone comment on this or provide suggestions as to what this all means? Thanks