“…In this study, HNMs represented 26·7% of all incident melanomas, confirming the importance of this location in terms of public health. This rate was even higher than those previously reported: 22·3% in a population‐based study in another French region; 15·0–24·0% of all cutaneous melanomas and 12·0–20·0% of invasive cases in other European populations; and 18·0% of invasive melanomas in the U.S.A., according to the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results programme . The high rate of HNMs in our study could be explained by the demographic characteristics of the Champagne‐Ardenne region, which is, to a large extent, a rural region that is home to a large number of elderly people .…”