Brussels, 14/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - Cancer cost the European Union member states more than €126 billion in 2009, according to a British study published in The Lancet. This study took into account not just the economic burden of health care spending but also the costs linked to absences from work, invalidity and the time and costs of unpaid care provided by relatives or friends of patients. This is the first time that researchers have attempted to quantify the, “Economic burden of...