Objective:To explore the impact of CD57+ natural killer(NK) cells and macrophages CD68+ on the survival conditions of patients with primary esophageal cancer. Methods:Clinical data of 96cases of primary esophageal cancer from June 2013 to June 2015 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Infiltration levels of CD57+ NK cells and macrophages CD68+ were evaluated by immunohistochemical staining method. The relationship between cells infiltrating level and the pathological characteristics was ana-lyzed. CD5+ NK and CD68+ macrophages relations with TNM staging,and the effect of cell infiltration on the survival conditions of primary esophageal cancer patients were analyzed. Results:The degree of infiltration of CD57+ NK cells in the epithelium of patients with primary esophageal carcinomawas 64.58% and that of CD68+ macrophages was 51.04%. There was no significant correlation be-tween the level of CD57+ NK cells and CD68+ macrophages in the epithelium of patients with primary esophageal carcinoma and the age,sex,tumor size,N stage,T stage and TNM staging(P>0.05). There was no significant difference in CD57+ NK cells and CD68+ macrophage counts between CD57+ NK cells and CD68+ macrophages in primary esophageal cancer patients(P>0.05). CD57+ NK cells and CD68+ macrophage counts were (8.35±5.36)/HP and (39.43±14.05)/HP respectively at stageⅠ-Ⅱ,significantly higher than those at stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ[(5.34±4.55)/HP,(20.18±9.62)/HP](P<0.05). The effect of cell infiltration on the survival of patients with primary esophageal cancer was analyzed by Cox model (Forward:LR,introducing α=0.05,excluding α=0.10). The low level of death of CD57+ NK cells in tumor tissue of patients with primary esophageal cancer had a high risk of death(P=0.046,RR=0.794,95%CI=0.633 to 0.996). The high level of death of CD68+ macrophages in tumor tissue of patients with primary esophageal cancer had a high risk of death(P=0.000,RR=1.925,95%CI=1.364 to 2.717). Conclusion:CD57+ NK cells and CD68+ macrophages infiltration level can reflect the body’s immune status. CD57+ NK cells and CD68+ macrophage infiltration level has certain clinical value in determining the survival of patients with primary esophageal cancer.