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Moles / melanoma Questions

Skin Cancer - lentigo and melanoma My husband had a brown mark on his ear over a year ago which was biopsied and the doctor concerned did not treat it. A year later we went to another doctor in the same practice as my husband is a diabetic and there was concern about his blood sugar levels. Whilst I was in the surgery I asked the doctor to check out my husbands ear which was now crusty and changing colour (at this stage we had not been given any cause for concern) within a week part of my husbands ear was taken off and then confirmed to us another week later that it was malignant melanoma. As we were due to go on holiday we were really concerned as my husband was then waiting for a ct scan but I spoke to our doctor who advised to go on holiday but also told me that when it was biopsied over a year ago that it was lentigo. This was the first time we had heard this name. I obviously I did a little research and found out that if lentigo is left it untreated it can develop into malignant melanoma which is what my husband was found to have after part of the ear was taken off. We had our holiday and on return my husband had to go back for more ear to be taken off (just to be certain) and then for a CT scan which showed that he had small lymph nodes in his neck and chest. He will be having a second scan in April this year to keep a check on him. Is there a stronger chance that these lymph nodes could develop into malignant melanoma now that he has had it. Basically is he at risk from further development of malignant melanoma. I am extremely worried at present.