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We just got home so I thought I'd give you the heads up. My husband's lesion was a combination of superficial and nodular, in a very early stage. According to the dermatologist, neither is rare. Although the nodular is the most common. He said, especially because my husband is 59...which is close to that magic 60 number...that it is a good sign that this is his first experience with a skin cancer. And, that his risk factor is that he has blond hair and blue eyes, and had multiple sunburns as a child. It has nothing to do with genetics, which was a relief to me because his father and sister died at younger ages due to internal cancers. So, as soon as I heard "cancer" I totally freaked out. I'm feeling better now.
Pretty much what your doctor said. Except that my husband's skin, at least as an adult, isn't especially easy to burn. The blond hair/blue eyes is his major risk factor. Our 2 1/2 year old grandson is very blond with blue eyes also, and I'm going to start pestering the heck out of my daughter about sun exposure, although she does use sunblock on him and keeps him covered.
The doctor also said that this type of lesion would have been biopsied years ago and probably never even thoroughly removed to the margins, because metastasis is extremely rare. However, if something like this were to be present for decades, removal would probably then involve a skin graft.
He said there's a reason God put blond hair, blue eyed people in northern climates, lol. I said that God should have given everybody darker complexions and kept us all safe from the sun. 
So, for the time being, he will be going back every six months for body checks. He's to use sunblock, which we all should do. And, he'll continue to keep covered when outside. Even if he goes swimming, he's supposed to keep a shirt on. He never was one to ever go out without a shirt on, so that's a good thing.
Oh, and one other thing. He also said that when we were all growing up, the sun rays weren't as harmful as they are now. So, kids growing up today need to be especially vigilant, and he's seeing skin cancers coming in on younger and younger patients. And, that can present a risk to their lifelong health.
I'm feeling a little better about approaching that big 60 in a few years. Seems there are some real benefits. 
Happy Holidays to you too.
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