Nutritional immumomodulatory therapy in patients with gastric neoplasms: an Integrative Review

This work consists of an integrative, exploratory-descriptive review, which aims to review the available evidence on the role of immunonutrition in the treatment of patients with surgical gastric cancer, being carried out through a retrospective survey of studies that raised data on immunonutrition and its attributions in patients with gastric cancer. The results of this study reveal that the use of immunomodulatory nutrients in people with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy showed beneficial effects, being able to positively modulate immunological, metabolic and inflammatory processes, contributing to the acceleration of the recovery process. However, there are still no conclusive results regarding its relationship with survival in the short, medium and long term. Bringing as conclusive precepts the importance of specific methodological tools in order to understand and confirm the properties of the studied compounds and their properties.