Made It Through Mum

Last March 8, 2017 a blogger's event was  held to discuss what breakthrough cancer pain is, and introduced a game changer in its management  at Edsa Shangri-la. Cancer is enough to affect one’s quality of  life but breakthrough cancer makes things worse for patients. There a two types of cancer pain-- background pain and breakthrough cancer pain . According to Professor Uberall, Breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) is a transient exacerbation pain that occurs either spontaneously, or in relation to a specific predictable and unpredictable trigger, despite relatively stable and adequately controlled background pain. BTcP is characterized by a sudden onset of pain that reaches peak intensity within as little as 3 minutes and lasts for an average of 30 minutes. Patients with cancer have around 4 episodes of Breakthrough Cancer Pain in a day. Professor Michael Uberall , renowned and widely published physician in the Pain and Palliative Care. He is also t...