Nutritional and immune impairments and their effects on outcomes in early pancreatic cancer patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy

Background & aims Nutritional impairments are highly frequent in pancreatic cancer even in the early stages and have a significant impact on outcomes. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate immune and nutritional impairments, their interrelations and impacts on outcomes in an unselected cohort of patients scheduled for pancreatoduodenectomy due to suspicion of pancreatic cancer. Methods All consecutive patients scheduled for...