Immunonutrition before esophagectomy: Impact on immune surveillance mechanisms

Preoperative oral immunonutrition was demonstrated to improve immune response and to decrease the infection rate in patients with cancer. This study aimed to assess how immunonutrition could influence the immune cell response in the mucosal microenvironment of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Therefore, A...

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Main Authors: Marco Scarpa, Andromachi Kotsafti, Matteo Fassan, Melania Scarpa, Francesco Cavallin, Teresa Nardi, Eleonora Pinto, Rita Alfieri, Matteo Cagol, Marco Agostini, Massimo Rugge, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Carlo Castoro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOS Press 2017-10-01
Series:Tumor Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1010428317728683