姑息治疗是对所有年龄段患有严重与健康相关的苦恼的人进行积极而全面的治疗，特别是对那些临近生命终结的人。对于患有严重苦恼的无法通过专业干预来缓解并影响身体、社会、精神和情绪功能的癌症患者，需提供姑息治疗。芳香疗法作为一种补充和替代医学的方法，提供了一种简单、低风险和经济可行的姑息治疗方式。本研究的目标是评估按摩疗法、芳香按摩疗法以及按摩结合芳香吸入疗法对接受姑息治疗的癌症患者的比较效果。共有100名参与者按照随机分组分为四组。第一组作为对照组接受标准医院护理，第二组接受仅按摩（使用无味的杏仁基础油），第三组接受薰衣草油按摩，第四组接受结合（吸入和按摩）的芳香疗法。两周后使用鹿特丹症状考查表（RSCL）以检测参与者对护理的看法。根据RSCL，综合芳香疗法效果最佳。就报告的身体症状、心理症状和活动而言，对照组和每个实验组的分数之间存在统计学差异。然而，总体生活质量评分显示对照组和仅接受按摩组之间无显著差异（t = 0.529, p = 0.60）。当与芳香吸入疗法结合时，按摩对于接受早期姑息治疗的癌症患者的身体症状、心理症状、活动以及整体生活质量都有积极影响。建议护士和其他医疗保健提供者支持提供按摩疗法的项目，以减少癌症患者报告的身体症状、心理问题和活动受限。

Palliative care is the active holistic treatment of people of all ages who have serious health-related suffering as a result of severe illness, and especially of those who are close to the end of life. Palliative care is provided to cancer patients who experience serious suffering that cannot be relieved without professional intervention and that compromises physical, social, spiritual, and emotional functioning. A straightforward, low-risk, and affordable palliative care approach may be provided through aromatherapy, a type of complementary and alternative medicine. The study objective is to assess the comparative effectiveness of massage, aromatherapy massage, and massage combined with aromatherapy inhalation on cancer patients receiving palliative care.A total of 100 participants who were divided into four groups at random. The first group, designated as the control group, received standard hospital nursing care, the second group received massage only (using the odorless almond carrier oil), the third group received massage with lavender oil, and the fourth group received combined (inhalation and massage) aromatherapy. The Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL), given two weeks after aromatherapy, was used to examine participants' perspectives of care.On the RSCL, combined aromatherapy performed best. In terms of reported physical symptoms, psychological symptoms, and activities, there were statistically significant differences between the scores of the control group and each of the experimental groups. Nonetheless, the total quality of life score showed no significant difference between the control group and the massage only group (t = 0.529, p = 0.60).When paired with aromatherapy inhalation, massage has a positive effect on physical, psychological symptoms, activities, and overall quality of life for cancer patients receiving early palliative care. Nurses and other healthcare providers are recommended to support programs that provide message therapy to reduce reported bodily symptoms, psychological problems, and limited activities among cancer patients.