years, articles dealing with assessing the costs and benefits of various cancer treatments have begun to appear in scientific medical and eco­ nomic journals. This book provides a comprehensive survey and assessment of the current state of the art of economic evaluations and cost ana­ lyses in cancer. It gives an introduction to the methods available for economic evaluations, before surveying and assessing the available publications. Separate chapters are devoted to the most prevalent cancers, and in each chapter the current clinical prac­ tice and research problems are summarized in order to provide a background for the economic analyses. At the end, a summary assessment of the literature is provided along with some sugges­ tions for a future research agenda.