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This is a pseudo-run chart showing how breakthrough pain manifests in patients with cancer. Patients experience persistent pain with varying degrees of intensity all of the time. Around-the-clock medication is sufficient to control much of the pain much of the time but is not strong enough to handle intermittent spikes of intense pain (that is breakthrough pain).

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Breakthrough pain in patients with cancer

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This is a pseudo-run chart showing how breakthrough pain manifests in patients with cancer. Patients experience persistent pain with varying degrees of intensity all of the time. Around-the-clock medication is sufficient to control much of the pain much of the time but is not strong enough to handle intermittent spikes of intense pain (that is breakthrough pain).

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