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Abstract
Althoughcancer is often associated with pain, few data are available on the prevalence of pain in children with cancer. This article reports on a survey of children who were out patients of the cancer clinic at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and their parents. The goals of the study were to determine the extent of pain, as rated by the children and their parents, from three sources: from the disease, from diagnostic and monitoring procedures, and from treatment. Three-quarters of the children experienced severe pain from bone marrow aspirations, half experienced moderate to severe pain from treatment, and one-quarter had recent pain from the disease. Analgesics were not widely prescribed.