BACKGROUND: Pain in hepatocarcinoma of late stagepasses through the entire disease course, so analgesic is an impor-tant measurement for rehabilitation of hepatocarcinoma. In thetherapeutic course, nursing is also very importaut. Firstly, correctevaluation must be made for pain to assist doctors to make suitabletreatment program. Thereafter, drugs are administrated on time andeffect and side effect of analgesic should be paid attentionto. Patients are helped to change wrong acknowledge about sideeffects of drugs and tolerance and get rid of mental fear for pain.rn