he agonizing need for effective relief from cancer pain is a problem faced by thousands of Texas cancer patients each day. Yet the ability to treat cancer pain effectively, safely, and humanely is within the reach of every physician, nurse, and pharmacist in Texas. To end the needless suffering, and allow modern medicine to use its most potent weapons against pain, the Texas Cancer Pain Initiative needs donations, members, and volunteers to continue its fight. TCPI invites all healthcare professionals and lay people concerned about the suffering of cancer patients to join the initiative in this cause. To join TCPI the Texas Cancer Pain Initiative, contact TCPI at the address below. Please indicate any special areas of interest you have in helping TCPI. All members will receive the free quarterly newsletter, "Q Quarter," for updates on progress being made by TCPI. Your tax deductible donations are also needed and will be used to continue TCPI's work throughout Texas. TCPI Appreciates Official Support from the Following Healthcare Organizations: Texas Medical Association Texas Nurses Association Texas Cancer Council Texas Pharmaceutical Association Texas Pain Society American Cancer Society - Texas Division Texas Society of Hospital Pharmacists Association of Chaplains of Texas The University of Texas Medical Branch The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Texas Society for Hospital Social Work Directors Texas Psychological Association Texas Society of Medical Oncologists Texas Hospice Organization Oncology Nursing Society of El Paso Oncology Nursing Society of Austin Oncology Nursing Pan Handle Society The Hospice of the Texas Medical Center Texas State Board of Pharmacy Texas State Board of Nursing Examiners