The cancer patient with chronic pain is handled by a multidisciplinary team at the Fondation Bergonié: the oncologist, the psychiatrist, the nurse. The patient's history, disease and pain are elucidated and a clinical exam is conducted. A diagnosis is made and a practical plan is proposed. Nursing consultation: the information collected is classified according to the Virginia Henderson fundamental needs schema. The last details are collected and a self-evaluation sheet covering pain is filled out with the patient. A precise description of resources and of potential for adaptation to altered needs is made. An analysis is performed and the nurses diagnosis is proposed (based on the NANDA profile). The objective of therapy will be the resolution of the health problem. The therapy contract : advice is given and the patient begins winth a therapeutic programme.