Research updates
New brain tumor research and news, in plain language. The marks on each item show how far along the evidence is. More marks mean it has been tested more.
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A hormone receptor called GPER1 is linked to longer survival in some glioblastoma patients
Patients whose tumors made more of one hormone receptor tended to live longer, mostly younger women.
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Surgery helped two women in their 80s with a large nerve tumor
Two women in their 80s could walk on their own again after surgery.
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Surgery removed a rare tumor deep inside one woman's brain
Surgeons took out a rare brain tumor in one patient, and she was clear of it four years later.
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A report on sending medicine through blood vessels to a brain tumor
This report is about giving drugs straight to a glioblastoma through blood vessels.
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A score from MRI scans may hint at glioma outlook
Doctors tested a score taken from MRI scans to see how well it guessed survival in glioma.
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A brain scan measure may help predict how brain tumors will go
Doctors tested a brain scan to better predict survival with brain tumors.
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A brain tumor that turned out to be liver cancer that had spread
Doctors report one young patient whose brain tumor was first given the wrong name.
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Surgeons reached deep brain tumors through a very small skull opening
Doctors removed deep brain tumors through one small hole in the skull instead of a large opening.
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Brain scans that trace nerve paths may help aim radiation
A small study used special brain scans to plan radiation around the paths where tumors spread.
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Tumors Grew More Slowly After Surgery in Children With Pilocytic Astrocytoma
In a small study, leftover brain tumors grew more slowly after surgery.
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A plan to agree on music therapy for children after brain tumor surgery
This is a plan to write expert advice about music therapy, not a new treatment result.
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AI and a special microscope may show where a brain tumor could come back
Researchers built an AI tool that looks at tumor edges to guess where glioblastoma may return.
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Radiation after surgery lowered the chance a grade 2 meningioma came back
In a large trial, radiation after full surgery cut how often this brain tumor returned.
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Radiation after surgery for atypical meningioma
This item has no summary text, so we cannot tell you what it found.
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A Pill May Help Protect Thinking After Brain Radiation
A drug called memantine helped people keep their memory and thinking after brain radiation.
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Who is more likely to have face weakness after meningioma surgery
Face weakness after this brain surgery was uncommon, and it was usually mild.
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An extra stain helps doctors read pituitary tissue during surgery
A cheap extra stain helped doctors tell a pituitary tumor from normal gland tissue during surgery.
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AI reading MRI scans may hint at a tumor's gene changes
Doctors are testing if AI can read an MRI scan to guess a brain tumor's gene changes before surgery.
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Swallowing problems after surgery for an insular brain tumor
After this brain surgery, some people breathe in food or drink without coughing.
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Doctors report on a drug mix for cancer in the brain and spine lining
Doctors describe seven patients and the treatments they were given.