[Stage IV NSCLC. Economic analysis in lung cancers]

To explain the help of economic analyses in the understanding of lung cancer (LC) management with a description of the quality of selected papers.

In the first part, quality criteria of economic analyses are depicted with the key words for the literature selection.

The global costs of LC through literature review are depicted; then, in a second part, the costs of each stage of the disease. Finally, costs of chemotherapeutic drugs and target molecules are also discussed.

Economic analyses are unavoidable to assess the burden of the disease but also the cost of each management strategy for LC.