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Objective To explore the effect of integrating palliative care to reduce the pain and anxiety symptoms of liver cancer patients. Methods 60 patients with hepatitis related liver cancer in Kunming Third People’s Hospital were divided into standard treatment group （control group） （n = 30） and palliative interventional treatment group （n = 30） （study group）. The control group received interventional treatment, and the study group received interventional treatment plus palliative treatment. Patients in the two groups were evaluated by pain scale and anxiety scale respectively after interventional treatment. After 12 weeks, the two groups were evaluated again with the scales mentioned above, and the pain and anxiety scores of the two groups were compared before and after 12 weeks, to analyze the factors influencing the pain and depression in patients with hepatitis related liver cancer, and to analyze the correlation between the related factors in the pain and anxiety scores of the two groups. Results There was no statistical significance in age, sex, education level, smoking history, alcoholism history, medical insurance type, liver function grade and hepatitis type between the two treatment groups （P > 0.05）. There were statistically significant differences in family background, pain history, tumor stage, ECOG score, NRS score before treatment, NRS score after treatment, anxiety score before treatment and anxiety score after treatment between the 2 treatment groups （P < 0.05）. After 12 weeks of treatment, the pain and anxiety scores of the patients in the control group were significantly higher than those in the research group （P < 0.05）. Conclusion Palliative care combined with standard treatment has significant effects on alleviating pain and anxiety, and the earlier the palliative care program is entered, the better the improvement of patients’ pain and anxiety. Therefore, palliative care is not limited to patients with advanced liver cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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