Immunonutrition in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Surgical Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 2798
• Main Authors: Yang, Fu-An, Chen, Yang-Ching, Tiong, Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.09.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Bias; Cancer therapies; Clinical trials; Complications; Confidence intervals; Enteral Nutrition - methods; Fatty acids; Female; Humans; Immune system; Immunomodulation; immunonutrition; Infections; Intervention; Length of Stay; Male; Malnutrition; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Mortality; Nutrition research; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic Neoplasms - physiopathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery; Patients; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Preoperative Care - methods; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Review; Statistical analysis; Subgroups; Surgery; Systematic review; Treatment Outcome; meta-analysis; pancreatic cancer; immunonutrition; systematic review

Immunonutrition is administered to improve the outcome of patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing surgery. However, its effect and mechanism of action remain unclear. Therefore, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to assess its effects on postoperative outcome and the immune sys...