[Treatment of pain in the cancer patient]

Consideration is given to the problem of treating pain in the tumour patient with an examination of the methodological basis of the therapeutic approach in the light of the antalgic, pharmacological and instrumental means at present available. Consideration is also given to the need for setting up multidisciplinary structures (on the lines of the American "Pain Clinic"), which can alone ensure the full effectiveness of therapeutic treatment of "intractable" pain.