Conversation: The conversation between human and AI assistant.
[|Human|] my mom caught a mole today that she has had for seven months. it turns out it is cancerous and she is going to the doctor tomorrow to discuss surgery to see if the cancer has spread. if she caught the mole within 7 months, what are the chances she caught it in time?
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your mothers situation and problem. Yes, a mole can develop into cancer in seven months time. Skin cancers like malignant melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma etc. can present as cancerous mole on skin. Usually prognosis is excellent if early detection and surgical removal of mole is done. So better to get done staging of this cancer. And if it is localized cancer than surgical removal with negative margins is curative. Seven months duration is sufficient for spread of tumor. If she has undergone biopsy earlier than early detection was possible. So first get done staging of her cancer and then decide treatment strategy. Hope I have solved your query. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.