Significance of Active Nutritional Support for Maintenance of Immunopotentiation in the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer

Most patients with cancer of the esophagus already suffer from malnutrition because of the impossibility of oral intake at the time of admission. The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between nutrition and immunological potentiation in patients with cancer of the esophagus in preoperative and postoperative periods.