“…A third category, rarely taken into account, includes all intangible costs linked to the loss of well-being of the patient and his close family (psychological distress, pain, and suffering). 6 A population-based cost analysis estimated that the total economic cost of lung cancer across the European Union for 2009 was €18.8 million, accounting for 15% of overall cancer costs and thus the highest economic burden among the 4 types of cancers studied (colorectal, breast, lung, and prostate cancers). 3 Previous studies have examined the economic burden of lung cancer on a national level in various settings, [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] with the first and most ambitious model-based attempt made in Canada.…”