 In some countries the situation may be complicated by a lack of professional regard (or understanding) of palliative care as a bona fide part of cancer control, and by local medical and legal barriers to the use of opioids for pain relief.In Nepal the INCTR Challenge Fund is building a Palliative Care Network that will help reduce the suffering of cancer patients in the Kathmandu valley.The International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1998 by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the Institut Pasteur in Brussels.