Does improved perioperative blood pressure control lead to reduced hospital costs?
Improved perioperative BP control may reduce hospital costs. Given the low cost of IV antihypertensives, the total hospital cost reductions may offset any incremental cost increases associated with newer, more effective therapies.
The salient features of this study are that SLC6A14 is markedly up-regulated in pancreatic cancer and that pharmacological blockade of this transporter interferes with amino acid nutrition and reduces growth and proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells. These findings identify SLC6A14 as a novel druggable target for pancreatic cancer.